Carson44's blanket unaged-antebellum statement conflicts with six-year-old whiskey advertising discussed253 and1849 red whiskey letters216.
Chapter-level paraphrase checked against the sequential September29 reading; the former single-sheet locator only identified a chapter opening.
Western settlers converted surplus grain—especially corn—into durable, transportable spirits as production moved through river and frontier economies.
PDF sheet 47
PDF sheet 40
Chapter 3 — Bourbon’s Country Cousin
2026-09-29: PDF sheets 40–47 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination). Verified as a representation of this source, not independent factual corroboration. Embedded fineprint gaps and overall source limits remain in LIT-277.
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