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Foreign News December 10, 1784

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

What is this article about?

Reports from Dublin describe escalating mob violence: a draper was brutally attacked, tarred and feathered for importing English goods, and left critically ill. Tensions also rise between volunteers, army officers, and insults to the Lord Lieutenant's entourage.

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LONDON, October 18. Letters from Dublin, by the last mail, mention that the enormities committed by the mob every day become more desperate. A reputable draper was, last week upon a charge of importing English articles, taken out of his house, and dragged by a prodigious number of people to a place called the Tenter Grounds, near the Earl of Meath's Liberty, where he was tied to a post, and lashed by those rioters till he fainted; they then tarred and feathered him, and led him through the principal streets of the city. He now lies so dangerously ill, that his life is despaired of.

Another account says, that great disputes arise daily between the volunteers and the Officers of the army on Dublin duty: and that the gentlemen in the suite of the Lord Lieutenant seldom go abroad without meeting with insults from the populace.

What sub-type of article is it?

Rebellion Or Revolt Political

What keywords are associated?

Dublin Mob Tar And Feather English Imports Volunteers Disputes Lord Lieutenant Insults

What entities or persons were involved?

Earl Of Meath Lord Lieutenant

Where did it happen?

Dublin

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Dublin

Event Date

Last Week

Key Persons

Earl Of Meath Lord Lieutenant

Outcome

reputable draper dangerously ill, life despaired of

Event Details

Mob dragged a draper from his house for importing English articles to Tenter Grounds near Earl of Meath's Liberty, tied him to a post, lashed him until he fainted, tarred and feathered him, and paraded him through principal streets. Great disputes arise daily between volunteers and army officers on Dublin duty; gentlemen in Lord Lieutenant's suite meet insults from populace.

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