Dear List Members, I have received a research request that I would love a little help on. A member of a historical society asked me where official records would be filed for a former “whiskey bonding barn.” Unfortunately, she has no dates when the barn was used for this function. Doing a little research online has produced the following: “bonding dates to the early days of bottling when a law (1894) permitted distillers to warehouse packaged whiskey without paying tax until it was released for sale. The strength standard was 100 proof and this is still referred to as bottled in bond.” Does anyone have any ideas on which direction I can go with this? Many thanks, Penny Penny Cliff Director/Archivist Thomaston-Upson Archives (706) 646-2437 [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>