Anderson2002 — Ledger appendix: operational and enslaved-labor evidence

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 twelve-page modern transcription records grain, yeast, hops, wood, gauging, barrels, duty, hauling, maintenance and labor charges as well as spirits. It includes opening stock60gal, later693gal on hand, plantation distributions, brandy, livestock and grain transfers. Christmas cash and spirit distributions involving enslaved people are recorded.

Anderson, “A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799,” 102–113 (PDF 110–121).

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), 102–113 (PDF 110–121), https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-d6ce-k310.

102–113

Anderson, “Study of Transition,” 102–113.

Printed 102–113; PDF 110–121

Thesis year, author and page locators checked; Ready means reference usable, not contested facts independently corroborated. Do not interpret enslaved-labor accounting as free wages. Ambiguous readings and apparent transcription errors remain: six people/20each next to400dollars;742 beside15+59.5; net proceeds1848.66 repeated1848.06. The original manuscript has not been independently checked.