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GG(J.763.022
24 Nov 1763:21,22 (34)
Extract of a letter from Paris. An odd accident has
happened here, which makes no small noise. A Scotch officer
in the French service accosted an English gentleman at the
play-house, and abruptly desired to know it his name was W -
, and whether he was the author of the North Briton; the
gentleman to the first answered in the affirmative; as to
the other he said it was not yet determined; upon which the
officer immediately insisted that the English gentleman
should fight him, he having frequently heard that Mr. W--
had not scrupled to own the writing of it. . . [duel
suggested at nearby coffee house, police intervened.
Article following for Sept 3 indicates that the King ordered
Scottish officer imprisoned.]
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