Oddly this story isn't mentioned in "Letters to John Bailey", you'd think he would have written ol' John about such an occurrence.
I'd never read the book before, and recently bought a copy from someone here on the forum. I got a couple good laughs out of it when comparing it to the Buckingham write up in "Golden Age of Waterfowling" by Wayne Capooth. The good Dr. goes to great ends to explain that Buckingham was a teetotaler and never touched a drink of liquor in his whole life. It's clearly stated in the Baily book that Buck wasn't a big boozer but always enjoyed a drink of whiskey after a hunt. It's hilarious to me that anybody would do all that writing about Buckingham without even reading all the available literature. The Baily book is scarce but not impossible to find.
DLH
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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