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NJG-T.781.009
30 May 1781:21 (4/179)
Extract of a letter from Bristol, Feb. 4. The spirit of
party is at present risen here to a height scarce ever known
before. Nothing but riots and tumults all the day, with
different mobs parading the streets, which, as they meet
each other, raise terrible disturbances and encounter with a
fury more becoming nations at open and declared war, than
contending factions at an election. In one of these frays
the White Lion Inn was nearly demolished, and much other
mischief done. Nay, to such a pitch is the party arrived,
that a friend of one of the candidates actually proceeded to
the place of poll, with drums beating and the American
colours displayed. . . [4 more lines]
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