Illustrates whiskey as exchange value through a secondary anecdote. Do not use it alone for the broader surplus-grain thesis or the first existence of illegal distilling.
PDF64–65 is Thomas Lincoln, not a Pennsylvania distiller. The claim that1862created illicit distilling conflicts with the book's earlier excise discussion.
The book recounts Thomas Lincoln exchanging possessions for whiskey barrels intended to serve as portable value during his move to Indiana, then losing some cargo in a river accident. It subsequently discusses Abraham Lincoln's1862revenue legislation. This is a reported family episode, not a Jacob Boehm profile or direct evidence about grain conversion.
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September29 fresh audit: sequential supplied text read1–249, all-page visual survey and selected enlarged details. This is a source-attributed paraphrase, not independent factual validation. Corrected invented Boehm profile and unsupported surplus-grain paraphrase.
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