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Why was gin sold from a cat in London in 1739?

Why was gin sold from a cat in London in 1739?

I learned this today. Gin was sold from a cat in London in 1739 because Captain Dudley Bradstreet found a loophole in the 1736 Gin Act. Between 1690 and 1751, England went through a period of high consumption of gin. In 1743, it was estimated that people were drinking an average of 10 liters of gin per person per year and there were supposed to be over 7,000 gin shops in London. A variety of…

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