Do not interpret enslaved-labor accounting as free wages. Ambiguous readings and apparent transcription errors remain: six people/20each next to400dollars;742 beside15+59.5; net proceeds1848.66 repeated1848.06. The original manuscript has not been independently checked.
All supplied thesis pages reviewed; this is a source-bounded reading, not independent manuscript verification.
The twelve-page modern transcription records grain, yeast, hops, wood, gauging, barrels, duty, hauling, maintenance and labor charges as well as spirits. It includes opening stock60gal, later693gal on hand, plantation distributions, brandy, livestock and grain transfers. Christmas cash and spirit distributions involving enslaved people are recorded.
102–113
Printed 102–113; PDF 110–121
Paraphrase checked against source text and page images; arithmetic identified as internal recalculation.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Source-bounded thesis analysis. Reference readiness is not independent corroboration.
Located evidence
The twelve-page modern transcription records grain, yeast, hops, wood, gauging, barrels, duty, hauling, maintenance and labor charges as well as spirits. It includes opening stock60gal, later693gal on hand, plantation distributions, brandy, livestock and grain transfers. Christmas cash and spirit distributions involving enslaved people are recorded.
Locator and connections
Printed 102–113; PDF 110–121. Source No access. Literature Note A Study of Transition in Plantation Economy: George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery, 1799 — full supplied-thesis analysis. Citation
Anderson2002 — Ledger appendix: operational and enslaved-labor evidence.
Interpretation limits
Do not interpret enslaved-labor accounting as free wages. Ambiguous readings and apparent transcription errors remain: six people/20each next to400dollars;742 beside15+59.5; net proceeds1848.66 repeated1848.06. The original manuscript has not been independently checked.