Use this as a source-specific ledger study, not a definitive output or profit statistic. Separate ledger entries, the thesis author’s recalculations and our arithmetic checks. Sales, transfers, stock on hand, livestock and credits are different quantities. Preserve historical product terms without translating them into modern proof or legal classifications. Economic commercialization does not erase enslaved labor.
All126 supplied thesis pages reviewed, including upright tables and ledger appendix; illegible map microtext excluded.
Table4 (printed53/PDF61) presents three differing1799 account totals: the ledger’s10,942gallons/$7,674.66; recalculated daily log10,765.5/$6,509.92; and preferred individual accounts9,978.25/$5,949.34. The appendix includes stock on hand, livestock, internal transfers and balance entries, so these cannot be equated with whiskey production or net profit. The conclusion (printed98–101/PDF106–109) rejects a simple closed/open economy binary and situates Washington among diversifying planter-businessmen.
Printed pp.102–113 / PDF110–121: ledger transcription
Printed pp.38–60 / PDF46–68: method and tables
Printed pp.38–60 / PDF46–68: method and tables; Printed pp.61–87 / PDF69–95: distillery and products; Printed pp.88–101 / PDF96–109: clients and conclusion; Printed pp.102–113 / PDF110–121: ledger transcription
Source-faithful paraphrase checked against thesis and tables. Daily-log totals include more than spirits sales; no independent manuscript audit.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Source-faithful paraphrase. Verified does not mean independently corroborated.
Evidence
Table4 (printed53/PDF61) presents three differing1799 account totals: the ledger’s10,942gallons/$7,674.66; recalculated daily log10,765.5/$6,509.92; and preferred individual accounts9,978.25/$5,949.34. The appendix includes stock on hand, livestock, internal transfers and balance entries, so these cannot be equated with whiskey production or net profit. The conclusion (printed98–101/PDF106–109) rejects a simple closed/open economy binary and situates Washington among diversifying planter-businessmen.
Location and context
No access. Printed pp.38–60 / PDF46–68: method and tables; Printed pp.61–87 / PDF69–95: distillery and products; Printed pp.88–101 / PDF96–109: clients and conclusion; Printed pp.102–113 / PDF110–121: ledger transcription.
All 126 supplied PDF pages reviewed; map microtext remains illegible and is excluded.
Annotation
Use this as a source-specific ledger study, not a definitive output or profit statistic. Separate ledger entries, the thesis author’s recalculations and our arithmetic checks. Sales, transfers, stock on hand, livestock and credits are different quantities. Preserve historical product terms without translating them into modern proof or legal classifications. Economic commercialization does not erase enslaved labor.
Historical map PDF32 is a low-resolution reproduction: broad layout inspected, fine inscriptions not transcribed. Table8 skips entries25–29 in the supplied thesis. Multiple arithmetic, unit and dating conflicts are documented in located notes. The appendix is a modern transcription, not an independently checked manuscript facsimile. Figures and account values do not establish actual production, individual consumption, net profit or causation. No terminal PDF cutoff found; public-history corroboration and page presentation remain open.