Huckelbridge, Dane. Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit. New York: William Morrow, 2014.
James Anderson persuaded George Washington that surplus grain and existing labor could support a commercial distillery; the operation expanded into a large, purpose-built multi-still business.
Dane Huckelbridge, Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit (New York: William Morrow, 2014), PDF sheets 40–44.
Dane Huckelbridge, Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit (New York: William Morrow, 2014), PDF sheets 40–44.
PDF sheet 44
PDF sheet 40
Huckelbridge, Bourbon, PDF sheets 40–44.
Chapter 2 — George Washington and James Anderson
2026-09-29: fresh supplied-copy review covered all 320 sheets and 87 enlarged visuals. This entry is checked for fidelity to the cited passage, not independent truth. Copy lacks at least endnotes 39–56; earlier complete-source wording is superseded. Mount Vernon's commercial distillery began in 1797; earlier farm still purchases in 1761/1762 are a different fact. Corn/wheat evidence in 1797 is not the exact recipe of the modern reconstruction. Include enslaved workers.
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