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Elizabeth Willis (fl. 1890/1900) . The relevant part of the letter reads:

'Conversation this afternoon with Lizzie - simple English child - . . . . . . "Yes - and we had another New Years present last night! - - . . a quarter bottle of Whisky" - . .

Oh - I said, and who had that? -

"Why Daddy and Mother of course" - .

Well, I said, but what should you know about it? - "Why I had some too of course!" - Did you indeed? and how much? - "Well I had a glass to myself - Scotch it was - t'was good! I always has // it - and gin sometimes - and rum - but I likes whisky best I does - " . . . But I said doesn't it make you tipsy! - "Oh - gigle! gigle [sic] - I was drunk once!!" . . . and then the infant became inarticulate in the merriment of her recollections.' 1

She posed for the appropriately titled Little Juniper Bud - Lizzie Willis [YMSM 475].