found: Wondrich, David. Imbibe!, 2007: e-CIP t.p. (Jerry Thomas) e-CIP text ( Jerry Thomas was born on or around November 1, 1830 (date from death certificate) at Sackets Harbor, New York; Jerry P. Thomas was "an American...and a sailor too," as he told a reporter from the New York Sun in 1882. He was a gold miner, a Broadway dandy, a (minor) theatrical impresario, an art collector, an artist himself (of sorts, anyway), an inventor, an author and a gambler; grave is marked J P. Thomas; d. December 14th, 1885; father of the cocktail)
Thomas, Jerry, 1830-1885
