Thomas’s uncertain birth year and posthumous 1887 publication must remain separate. Asbury’s 1927 essay must not be silently treated as written for an original 1887 edition. A reprinted recipe is cited as Cazentre’s reproduction until checked against its original edition.
Don Cazentre, Spirits & Cocktails of Upstate New York: A History (2017). Supplied ebook PDF positions, not print-page numbers.
The narrative traces Thomas’s career and successive guides, then McDonough’s Rochester guide with professional routines, tools and regional recipes.
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Jerry Thomas, McDonough and bartending print culture
September 29 audit: all 227 main-text pages read, every page visually surveyed and 20 details enlarged. Source remains Partial Source for cropped PDF186 menu and partly illegible embedded fine print. This entry's paraphrase and locator were rechecked; historical corroboration, recipe testing, native-byte and browser verification are separate.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Source-grounded paraphrase, not a direct quotation or blanket fact verification.
Evidence
The narrative traces Thomas’s career and successive guides, then McDonough’s Rochester guide with professional routines, tools and regional recipes.
Location and context
No access, PDF 112–123; Jerry Thomas, McDonough and bartending print culture. Supplied ebook PDF positions, not print pagination. Full analysis 
Annotation
Thomas’s uncertain birth year and posthumous 1887 publication must remain separate. Asbury’s 1927 essay must not be silently treated as written for an original 1887 edition. A reprinted recipe is cited as Cazentre’s reproduction until checked against its original edition.
Verification checklist
Verified means source fidelity only. Publication claims and practical tests remain separate.