Named primary evidence linking an enslaved man to the Mount Vernon distillery. The phrase establishes predominant assignment to the distillery but does not identify an exact distilling job or the length of his employment.
The document lists forty people enslaved by Penelope French whose labor George Washington rented. James is recorded as about twenty-four years old. The quoted words are Washington’s evaluative description, not James’s own account.
A Stout young fellow & Cradler, has been employed mostly at the Distillery.
James entry
manuscript p. 1; official transcription p. 1
Names, Ages &ca, and Remarks — James
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