Preserve the uncertainty; do not convert warehouse evidence into proof of on-site production.
The author explicitly presents this as the most likely inference from surviving evidence.
Pacult concludes that whiskey stored at Leestown in the early nineteenth century most likely came from surrounding farmer-distillers rather than an established distillery on the site.
PDF sheet 58
PDF sheet 58
Chapter 4 — River commerce and warehouse use
Fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29. PDF54–58:1374 barrels exported and20 on hand are warehouse commerce, not onsite distillery output. TimelinePDF211 instead prints1347; unresolved transposition.
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