Kentucky Historical Society. “MSS 47, Carpenter Family Papers.” Finding aid for the Carpenter Family Papers, 1780–2003 (bulk 1788–1928). Accessed September 1, 2026. https://www.kyhistory.com/digital/collection/LIB/id/1909/.
Institutional finding-aid evidence that Catherine Spears Frye Carpenter began distilling whiskey as a source of income after Adam Carpenter’s 1806 death.
Kentucky Historical Society, “MSS 47, Carpenter Family Papers,” finding aid, 2.
Kentucky Historical Society, “MSS 47, Carpenter Family Papers,” finding aid for the Carpenter Family Papers, 1780–2003 (bulk 1788–1928), 2, https://www.kyhistory.com/digital/collection/LIB/id/1909/.
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Kentucky Historical Society, “MSS 47, Carpenter Family Papers,” 2.
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