Anderson, Anna Catherine Borden. “A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799.” MA thesis, College of William and Mary, 2002. https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-d6ce-k310.
The account connects blacksmithing, fisheries and milling to provision and commercial diversification before the distillery. The plantation relied on external markets before whiskey production; the narrative is not a transition from literal autarky.
Anderson, “A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799,” 20–37 (PDF 28–45).
Anna Catherine Borden Anderson, “A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799” (MA thesis, College of William and Mary, 2002), 20–37 (PDF 28–45), https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-d6ce-k310.
20–37
Anderson, “Study of Transition,” 20–37.
Printed 20–37; PDF 28–45
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Source-bounded thesis analysis. Reference readiness is not independent corroboration.
Reference
Anna Catherine Borden Anderson, “A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799” (MA thesis, College of William and Mary, 2002), 20–37 (PDF 28–45), https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-d6ce-k310.
Locator and connections
Printed 20–37; PDF 28–45. Source No access. Literature Note 
Interpretation limits
Older dates and reported labor savings are mediated through cited histories and correspondence; verify original documents before definitive timeline claims.