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Re: alcohol history
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Lowell Edmunds <[log in to unmask]>
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Alcohol and Temperance History Group <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 8 Nov 1997 21:06:01 EST
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On the origin of the gin and tonic: I just took a  look at John Doxat,
The Gin Book (1989).  He tells some anecdotes about Archibald Rolfe-Smythson,
who, he implies, introduce the g and t into England after military service
in India.  Doxat does not give sources.  Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers

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