The competing accounts of a Dutch 1640 first distillery differ in location and spirit. Do not assert an uncontested North American first.
Thirsty Colonists; supplied 2008 reissue of 1971 work.
Colonial accounts discuss corn beer, fruit drinks, imported strong waters and later stills. These represent different kinds of evidence: available fermentable materials and consumption do not establish local distillation.
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Thirsty Colonists
Read against supplied PDF text and images. Locators are PDF screens, not printed pages. Verified means faithful source capture, not independent historical corroboration. The competing accounts of a Dutch 1640 first distillery differ in location and spirit. Do not assert an uncontested North American first.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Evidence
Colonial accounts discuss corn beer, fruit drinks, imported strong waters and later stills. These represent different kinds of evidence: available fermentable materials and consumption do not establish local distillation.
Location and context
No access; Thirsty Colonists; supplied PDF screens 17–21. These are not printed-page numbers. Edition: 2008 reissue of 1971 work.
Annotation
The competing accounts of a Dutch 1640 first distillery differ in location and spirit. Do not assert an uncontested North American first.
Verification and use
The competing accounts of a Dutch 1640 first distillery differ in location and spirit. Do not assert an uncontested North American first.
Faithful source capture checked against supplied text and images. This does not mean that every cited-through primary record has been independently verified.
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