Separates first known mention from first explicit definition and supplies stronger direct secondary support than the existing tertiary excerpt.
Earliest surviving print is not proof of invention. CLM-80 records a separate earlier primary-scan verification of the 1803 issue; that scan was not re-audited in this Imbibe! review. The 1806 image remains a separate primary-source check.
Wondrich identifies an April 28, 1803 New Hampshire newspaper item as the earliest known printed use of cocktail for a morning drink and reproduces a May 13, 1806 Hudson, New York definition: spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters, also called bittered sling.
Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition
Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition
Fresh audit 2026-10-01: PDF 226–230 checked within complete 419-page body and individual visual reading. First-known wording is Wondrich's 2007 finding, not a current exhaustive priority claim. Newspaper originals remain unexamined. Earlier audit statements are superseded by this bounded source check.
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