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“That other liquor called port”

Port and the Creation of British Identity in Scotland, 1770s–1815

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In a codicil to his will, written in 1776, the Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume added the following bequest:

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Ludington, C. (2013). “That other liquor called port”. In: The Politics of Wine in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306226_10

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