Anna Catherine Borden Anderson — A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799

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.

A 126-page MA thesis analyzing the Mount Vernon farm ledgers, especially 1799, to examine distillery commerce, product differentiation, grain purchases, barter, customers and the plantation’s changing economy. All supplied pages reviewed; illegible map microtext excluded. The conclusion rejects the initial closed/open economic binary as inadequate.

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), 38–113, https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-d6ce-k310.

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), 38–113, https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-d6ce-k310.

Printed pp.102–113 / PDF110–121: ledger transcription

Printed pp.38–60 / PDF46–68: method and tables

Anderson, “A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799.”

Printed pp.38–60 / PDF46–68: method and tables; Printed pp.61–87 / PDF69–95: distillery and products; Printed pp.88–101 / PDF96–109: clients and conclusion; Printed pp.102–113 / PDF110–121: ledger transcription

Thesis author, year, title, DOI and printed/PDF locations checked. Reference ready for bounded use; disputed historical claims and map microtext remain excluded.