PDF136 conflates the 1797 start with nearly 11,000 gallons: Mount Vernon dates that output to 1799 and says one of the largest. Verify consumption denominators, Mayflower motive, first-saloon and Roy Bean stories before use.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), American whiskey and expansion
Forsyth connects election treating, Washington's distillery, transport costs and western demand with the growing place of spirits.
chap. 16, “The Wild West Saloon,” opening discussion of American whiskey and westward expansion
chap. 16, “The Wild West Saloon,” opening discussion of American whiskey and westward expansion
Paraphrase checked against supplied PDF. Verified means faithful source attribution, not independent corroboration. PDF136 conflates the 1797 start with nearly 11,000 gallons: Mount Vernon dates that output to 1799 and says one of the largest. Verify consumption denominators, Mayflower motive, first-saloon and Roy Bean stories before use. Crosswalk 2026-09-16: reader locator uses verified chapter/section. Original PDF 136–PDF 139 retained here for internal retrieval; legacy Page field is a PDF position, not printed pagination. No change to claim assessment.
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Forsyth connects election treating, Washington's distillery, transport costs and western demand with the growing place of spirits.
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Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), chap. 16, “The Wild West Saloon,” opening discussion of American whiskey and westward expansion. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
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PDF136 conflates the 1797 start with nearly 11,000 gallons: Mount Vernon dates that output to 1799 and says one of the largest. Verify consumption denominators, Mayflower motive, first-saloon and Roy Bean stories before use.
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