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Letter to Editor
December 27, 1788
The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
P. Micheau responds to Mr. Wright Post's refusal of a challenge, offering proof of invitations sent and defending his gentlemanly character against Post's Coffee-House allegation, urging Post to consult frequenters of the 'Change.
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Mr. PRINTER,
AFTER having posted Mr. WRIGHT POST as a Poltroon, Scoundrel, and Coward, I beg leave to inform the dispassionate public, that if they are not satisfied with the mode in which I endeavored to bring him forward as a gentleman, I will produce my friend's certificate to prove he received both my invitations, in the latter of which I pointedly specified the time, manner, and place of meeting. With respect to my having forfeited the character of a gentleman, which was the allegation he offered at the Coffee-House yesterday, at 4 P. M.—I beg leave, in answer, to recommend him to the gentlemen respecting this assertion, only to so small a part as frequent the 'Change; if he will listen to what they have to say, he will find his conduct universally damned.
P. S. Perhaps Mr. P's boon friends will, as anodyne to his harrowed soul, tell him I am no gentleman, and therefore ought to have been treated in the pusillanimous way he has thought proper to treat me.
P. MICHEAU.
Dec. 26.
AFTER having posted Mr. WRIGHT POST as a Poltroon, Scoundrel, and Coward, I beg leave to inform the dispassionate public, that if they are not satisfied with the mode in which I endeavored to bring him forward as a gentleman, I will produce my friend's certificate to prove he received both my invitations, in the latter of which I pointedly specified the time, manner, and place of meeting. With respect to my having forfeited the character of a gentleman, which was the allegation he offered at the Coffee-House yesterday, at 4 P. M.—I beg leave, in answer, to recommend him to the gentlemen respecting this assertion, only to so small a part as frequent the 'Change; if he will listen to what they have to say, he will find his conduct universally damned.
P. S. Perhaps Mr. P's boon friends will, as anodyne to his harrowed soul, tell him I am no gentleman, and therefore ought to have been treated in the pusillanimous way he has thought proper to treat me.
P. MICHEAU.
Dec. 26.
What sub-type of article is it?
Provocative
Persuasive
Ethical Moral
What themes does it cover?
Morality
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Honor Dispute
Gentlemanly Conduct
Challenge Refusal
Wright Post
Public Opinion
What entities or persons were involved?
P. Micheau
Mr. Printer
Letter to Editor Details
Author
P. Micheau
Recipient
Mr. Printer
Main Argument
micheau defends his challenge to wright post by offering proof of invitations and counters post's claim of micheau's lack of gentlemanly character, suggesting post's conduct is condemned by public opinion.
Notable Details
Posted As Poltroon, Scoundrel, And Coward
Invitations With Time, Manner, Place
Coffee House Allegation At 4 P.M.
Recommend To Gentlemen At The 'Change
P.S. On Friends' Consolation