I found this drink recipe on a celtic web site, bw.
Recipe Name: Fish House Punch (SPIRITS)
Category: 18TH CENTURY
Serves: 25
1 Pound sugar
1 Quart lemon juice (strained)
2 Quart rum
1 Quart cognac
1/2 Cup peach brandy
The most famous of Philadelphia’s eating clubs was the State of Schuylkill or the Fish House. In 1732, a group of Quakers founded a club where hunters and fishermen could relax, converse and drink Fish House Punch. When William Black visited Philadelphia in 1744, he reported that he and his company were welcomed with a bowl of punch large enough to have “swimm’d half a dozen young geese.”
Dissolve sugar in the smallest amount possible of cold water. Pour in lemon juice. Stir in rum, cognac and brandy, in that order. Chill. Allow mixture to mellow for several hours, giving an occasional stir. Serve in punch bowl with an ice ring.