Buying a former distillery property did not mean operating its old stills. The chapter's 1998 award date conflicts with the expanded account'sMarch 1996 date onPDF 265. Preserve the contradiction instead of treating it as two verified awards.
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Julian Jr. formed J.P.Van Winkle and Son, sold commemorative decanters and Old Rip Van Winkle, and contracted to buy whiskey from Stitzel-Weller. Julian III joined in 1977, his father died in 1981, and he acquired the Hoffman warehouse/bottling site in 1983. Family reconciliation and continuity are the author's concluding values.
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Chapter 21 and Looking Back — rebuilding through sourcing
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Julian Jr. formed J.P.Van Winkle and Son, sold commemorative decanters and Old Rip Van Winkle, and contracted to buy whiskey from Stitzel-Weller. Julian III joined in 1977, his father died in 1981, and he acquired the Hoffman warehouse/bottling site in 1983. Family reconciliation and continuity are the author's concluding values.
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Original PDF pages 250–256. Part 1 holds original 1–97; part 2 holds 98–194; part 3 holds 195–291. These are not the ebook's reader counters.
Source section: Chapter 21 and Looking Back — rebuilding through sourcing. Attributed paraphrase, not a direct quotation.
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Buying a former distillery property did not mean operating its old stills. The chapter's 1998 award date conflicts with the expanded account'sMarch 1996 date onPDF 265. Preserve the contradiction instead of treating it as two verified awards.
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