{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67f46d73f20dfdb29b4db4d6/6acdbf3237f0bd18cc15a462?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Whiskey","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67f46d73f20dfdb29b4db4d6/1791868411513-d0ebf31d-9b66-4408-b248-680baf20c413.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Kenyon is back to share the story of how whiskey made its way from Ireland (and Scotland) to North America. This episode covers the history of the Scot-Irish, how they ended up living along the backcountry frontier, and their newfound freedom to distill as they desired. It is a complicated history, as the Scots-Irish were not always welcome with open arms. Kenyon digs into these (very elitist) reactions to this migratory wave, in addition to how the American Revolution changed the history of whiskey distillation in America. Did you know that George Washington ended up owning the largest whiskey distillery in the United States? Give this episode a listen to learn how that got started, as well as why whiskey yet again became the target of new excise taxes... </p><p><br></p><p><strong><em><u>Sources</u>:</em></strong></p><ul><li>Anon., “A Lover of <em>Pennsylvania</em>,” <em>The Newport Mercury</em>, July 16, 1764, Issue 306.</li><li>W. W. Abbot, ed. “From George Washington to William Augustine Washington, 29 October 1799,” <em>The Papers of George Washington</em>, Retirement Series, Vol. 4, <em>20 April 1799 – 13 December 1799</em> (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999), 379. Founders Online, National Archives.</li><li>James Anderson, “Salvington, to George Washington, Philadelphia, 1796 September 11,” Washington Collection. Mount Vernon Ladies Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, VA.</li><li>William Byrd, <em>The Writings of Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia, 1744 </em>(De Vinne Press, 1901)</li><li>L.H. Butterfield and Benjamin Rush, “Dr. Benjamin Rush’s Journal of a Trip to Carlisle in 1784” <em>The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography</em>, 74, 4 (Oct., 1950)</li><li>Joseph Earl Dabney,<em> Mountain Spirits: a Chronicle of Corn Whiskey from King James’ Ulster Plantation to America’s Appalachians and the Moonshine Life </em>(Asheville, NC: Bright Mountain Books, 1974).</li><li>Grace Toney Edwards, “Appalachia: The Effects of Cultural Values on the Production and Consumption of Alcohol,” in <em>The American Experience with Alcohol: Contrasting Cultural Perspectives</em>, edited by Linda A. Bennett and Genevieve M. Ames (New York: Plenum Press, 1985).</li><li>Patrick Griffin, <em>The People with No Name: Ireland&#39;s Ulster Scots, America&#39;s Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764 </em>(Princeton: 2002). </li><li>Patrick Griffin, “The Irish, Scots and Scotch-Irish and Lessons from the Early American Frontier,” <em>Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies</em>, Vol. 3, 1 (January 1, 2009).</li><li>Eric Hindraker and Peter Mancall, <em>At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America </em>(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). </li><li>Richard J. Hooker, ed. <em>The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant </em>(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1953).</li><li>Edward Lengel, ed. “From George Washington to Brigadier General John Lacey, Jr., 23 January 1778,” <em>The Papers of George Washington</em>, Vol. 13, 323-324. Founders Online, National Archives.</li><li>Dennis J. Pogue, <em>Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry </em>(Buena Vista, VA: Harbour Books, 2011).</li><li>W.J. Rorabaugh, <em>The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition</em> (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979).</li><li>Charles D. Thompson, Jr., <em>Spirits of Just Men : Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World</em> (2011).</li><li>Alfred Webb, “James Logan,” <em>A Compendium of Irish Biography</em>, 1878.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><u>Written and recorded by</u>: Kenyon Payne</p><p><u>Theme music</u>: &quot;Southern Gothic&quot; Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)</p><p>Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</p><p>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p><p><u>Outro music</u>: “D´vil,” anrocomposer</p><p><br></p><p>Also by Kevin MacLeod: “Skye Cullin”</p><p><br></p><p><u>Additional featured music</u>:</p><ul><li>“Voyage Begins,” Table Top Audio.</li><li>“Tam Lin Glasgow Reel,” Ebunny</li><li>“Old Country Hop,” Grumpynora</li><li>“Drama Heartfelt World Adventure,” REDproductions</li><li>“Suspensify,” nakaradaalexander</li><li>“Country Rock,” litesaturation</li></ul>","author_name":"Kenyon Payne"}