A compact example of testing a famous practitioner's retrospective claim against earlier print evidence.
The earlier witness disproves Thomas's priority claim but does not identify the true inventor or establish the first formula.
Wondrich identifies a published 1827 reference to Tom and Jerry that predates Jerry Thomas's later claim to have invented the drink.
PDF sheet 177
PDF sheet 168
Chapter 5 — Tom and Jerry
Fresh audit 2026-10-01: PDF 168–177 (especially 174) checked within complete 419-page body and individual visual reading. 1827 witness is reported by Wondrich; its original scan was not independently checked. Earlier audit statements are superseded by this bounded source check.
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