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Domestic News
February 14, 1771
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
On Tuesday, November 6, a woman in Old Bailey received a suicide letter from her husband, who confessed an affair with Mrs. D--- and hanged himself in his garden summer-house near Islington.
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Nov. 6. On Tuesday a woman in the Old Bailey received the following letter from her husband, who was gone to his garden near Islington.
"Dear wife, before this reaches you I shall be no more: The weight of my misfortunes, which I have brought upon myself by my criminal intercourse with Mrs. D---, I am not able to bear any longer, and am therefore determined to quit a life that for some years has been but of little use to you or my children. Farewell, for ever, from him who was once an indulgent husband."—The poor woman got a friend, and went immediately to the place, where, to their great concern, they found him hanging in the summer-house, quite dead.
"Dear wife, before this reaches you I shall be no more: The weight of my misfortunes, which I have brought upon myself by my criminal intercourse with Mrs. D---, I am not able to bear any longer, and am therefore determined to quit a life that for some years has been but of little use to you or my children. Farewell, for ever, from him who was once an indulgent husband."—The poor woman got a friend, and went immediately to the place, where, to their great concern, they found him hanging in the summer-house, quite dead.
What sub-type of article is it?
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Hanging
Adultery
Islington
Old Bailey
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. D
Where did it happen?
Islington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Islington
Event Date
Nov. 6. On Tuesday
Key Persons
Mrs. D
Outcome
husband found hanging in the summer-house, quite dead
Event Details
A husband left a letter to his wife confessing criminal intercourse with Mrs. D--- and his determination to end his life due to misfortunes, then hanged himself in his garden summer-house near Islington; the wife and a friend found him dead upon arriving.