Posted 3 days ago
Brando1234
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Here I have an extremely rare R.Monarch Mini Patent applied for Sample Bitters..From Owensboro Kentucky..It was a distillery that was meant to happen but bad luck had its way and never came to be..A fire then a divorce then a rebuild and a partnership with his brother,then a split in the company was all she wrote..Sad story but happy to have a piece from history!! I love this bottle I got it for a whopping 5$ bucks...Trust what I say it's worth a hell of a lot more!!!! Mint condition just some pine tar around the lip.........
Brando1234, Cool. :-)
About R. Monarch:
https://pre-prowhiskeymen.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-richard-monarch-story-this-business.html
His grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50362535/richard_monarch
Keramikos,what a great person you are!! Thanks for sharing your info and thanks for taking the time..The history is very cool and loved reading every moment...Big Thanks
Brando1234, You're welcome.
My nose started twitching when I read "patent." };-)
I didn't find that one, possibly because it never got beyond the "pending" stage.
I actually got sidetracked a bit reading about R. Monarch's brother Martin Van Buren "M.V." Monarch:
https://pre-prowhiskeymen.blogspot.com/2012/12/this-monarch-was-acclaimed-whiskey-king.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50461971/martin-van_buren-monarch
He had at least one patent to his name (a process for making sour mash whiskey), but I haven't been able to run that one to ground, either. :-(
*snip*
1880
“Owensboro Semi-Weekly Messenger & Examiner”
*snip*
May 11 p2 M. V. Monarch patents new process for making sour mash whiskey
*snip*
https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Owensboro20Newspaper20Chronologies201842-1988.pdf
I did find this one:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US227035A/