Huckelbridge, Dane. Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit. New York: William Morrow, 2014.
The excise on distilled spirits burdened small western producers differently from large eastern operations, turning whiskey’s role as marketable farm value into a dispute over representation, enforcement, and federal power.
Dane Huckelbridge, Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit (New York: William Morrow, 2014), PDF sheets 79–83.
Dane Huckelbridge, Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit (New York: William Morrow, 2014), PDF sheets 79–83.
PDF sheet 83
PDF sheet 79
Huckelbridge, Bourbon, PDF sheets 79–83.
Chapter 4 — Whiskey Rebellion
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 Copy lacks at least endnotes 39–56; earlier complete-source wording is superseded. Historical tax-design argument; exact rates and enforcement require primary records. Separate farm still ownership from the later commercial Mount Vernon operation.