Ownership does not by itself date first operation; an unnamed woman charged with retailing is not automatically a proven distiller.
Frontier settlement and notes; supplied 2008 reissue of 1971 work.
Crowgey cites Searcy's 1784 will and Shiell's 1785 will and 1786 inventory as evidence of still ownership. Retail charges and whiskey land payments are different evidence categories.
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Frontier settlement and notes
Read against supplied PDF text and images. Locators are PDF screens, not printed pages. Verified means faithful source capture, not independent historical corroboration. Ownership does not by itself date first operation; an unnamed woman charged with retailing is not automatically a proven distiller.
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Evidence
Crowgey cites Searcy's 1784 will and Shiell's 1785 will and 1786 inventory as evidence of still ownership. Retail charges and whiskey land payments are different evidence categories.
Location and context
No access; Frontier settlement and notes; supplied PDF screens 45–50. These are not printed-page numbers. Edition: 2008 reissue of 1971 work.
Annotation
Ownership does not by itself date first operation; an unnamed woman charged with retailing is not automatically a proven distiller.
Verification and use
Ownership does not by itself date first operation; an unnamed woman charged with retailing is not automatically a proven distiller.
Faithful source capture checked against supplied text and images. This does not mean that every cited-through primary record has been independently verified.
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