This primary image closes the wording and date check for the 1806 definition. It does not verify the 1803 Farmer's Cabinet reference or establish the first-ever cocktail.
The sentence continues by identifying the drink as a bittered sling and adding electioneering satire. The extract establishes the published formula and date but not priority of invention.
“Cock tail, then, is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters—”
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Editorial response beneath May 13, 1806 masthead
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