Retrospective testimony quoted through Minnick identifies Albert and Dick; it does not establish complete biographies, every batch's maker, or the entire production lineage. Full underlying transcript remains to be checked.
Minnick turns to W. A. Gaines litigation testimony to recover people omitted from conventional bourbon histories.
Minnick reproduces and contextualizes litigation testimony identifying Albert as a Black worker taught James C. Crow's distilling method and Dick as another Black worker in the same production system; the testimony links both men to continuity of Crow whiskey after Crow's death.
PDF sheet 88
PDF sheet 86
Finding Crow
Fresh full-source review, 2026-09-29. Retrospective testimony quoted through Minnick identifies Albert and Dick; it does not establish complete biographies, every batch's maker, or the entire production lineage. Full underlying transcript remains to be checked.
Evidence
Minnick reproduces and contextualizes litigation testimony identifying Albert as a Black worker taught James C. Crow's distilling method and Dick as another Black worker in the same production system; the testimony links both men to continuity of Crow whiskey after Crow's death.
Location and context
PDF sheet 86 through PDF sheet 88; Finding Crow.
Minnick turns to W. A. Gaines litigation testimony to recover people omitted from conventional bourbon histories.
Interpretation and verification
Retrospective testimony quoted through Minnick identifies Albert and Dick; it does not establish complete biographies, every batch's maker, or the entire production lineage. Full underlying transcript remains to be checked.
Verified means fidelity to the supplied source, not independent proof of every reported event. Canonical Source, Literature Note and Citation relations retained.