![]() ![]() There’s also a good chance that the whiskey Dickinson sent Taft was made by Nearest Green’s son, George, based on the length of years Jack Daniel kept his whiskey in the barrels at that time. The letter, accompanied by the historical description of how Dickinson had been introduced to Jack Daniel likely means that at that time, some of their whiskeys were made with rye. Because so many of the Jack Daniels Distillery records of that time period were either lost or burned, Weaver took the letter at its word. ![]() Now, Taft could have been mistaken and attributed the wrong grain description. This unusual mention stood out to Weaver, who believes that there had been some whiskeys made with rye. Secretary of War under Taft, for sending his favorite rye whiskey “of the Lincoln County variety.” In the letter, President Taft was thanking Jacob McGavock “Mac” Dickinson, former U.S. It was a letter from the White House, specifically from President William Taft, on May 16, 1911. When Weaver was doing her research on Nearest Green, she came across a very peculiar letter. ![]()
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