The John Grunter letter may be satire; poisoned-punch and retrospective tales need independent checking. Harmful medical practices remain historical beliefs, not instructions.
Social practice; supplied 2008 reissue of 1971 work.
Election, church, funeral and medical accounts show whiskey's social roles. Later recollections sometimes apply bourbon terminology retrospectively to earlier events.
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Social practice
Read against supplied PDF text and images. Locators are PDF screens, not printed pages. Verified means faithful source capture, not independent historical corroboration. The John Grunter letter may be satire; poisoned-punch and retrospective tales need independent checking. Harmful medical practices remain historical beliefs, not instructions.
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Evidence
Election, church, funeral and medical accounts show whiskey's social roles. Later recollections sometimes apply bourbon terminology retrospectively to earlier events.
Location and context
No access; Social practice; supplied PDF screens 74–79. These are not printed-page numbers. Edition: 2008 reissue of 1971 work.
Annotation
The John Grunter letter may be satire; poisoned-punch and retrospective tales need independent checking. Harmful medical practices remain historical beliefs, not instructions.
Verification and use
The John Grunter letter may be satire; poisoned-punch and retrospective tales need independent checking. Harmful medical practices remain historical beliefs, not instructions.
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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