Towns

VA, USA

Mount Vernon Grist Mill and Distillery

Landmark

Washington's commercial grist mill and distillery operation, which by 1799 was the largest whiskey distillery in the United States. The mill ground grain from the five Mount Vernon farms and from neighboring plantations; the distillery produced 11,000 gallons of rye whiskey annually. Both were operated by enslaved labor.

Connected Events

Jan 1766
Mount Vernon Transitions from Tobacco to Wheat Production

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May 1775
Washington Departs Mount Vernon for Continental Command

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Nov 1775
Enslaved Mount Vernon Workers Respond to Dunmore's Proclamation

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Jan 1778
Washington Directs Estate Operations from Valley Forge

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Apr 1781
Lund Washington Provisions British Warship HMS Savage

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Nov 1781
Washington Returns to Mount Vernon After Yorktown

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Feb 1797
Hercules Escapes from Philadelphia Household

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Dec 1799
Washington's Will Provides Conditional Freedom

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