Historical tax-design argument; exact rates and enforcement require primary records. Separate farm still ownership from the later commercial Mount Vernon operation.
The book uses the rebellion to connect whiskey to state formation and regional inequality.
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.
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