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September 21, 1769
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Two patriotic publicans in a village hang signs of Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Sergeant Glynn opposite each other. A jocular gentleman questions if it causes variance between the Middlesex members, but the second publican replies it's a hint for Glynn to never lose sight of his friend Wilkes.
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Some time since a patriotick publican, at an adjacent village, put up the sign of Mr. Wilkes. Another patriot of the same profession, on the opposite side of the way, determined not to be out-patrioted by his brother landlord, shortly after exhibited the sign of Mr. Sergeant Glynn; on which a jocular Gentleman asked the latter publican if he meant to have the two Middlesex members at variance, by putting them in opposition one to the other? "No, Sir," returned Boniface, "I place Glynn facing Wilkes, as a hint to the learned Sergeant never to lose sight of his friend."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Publican Signs
Wilkes
Glynn
Patriotic Rivalry
Jocular Exchange
M Middlesex Members
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Wilkes
Mr. Sergeant Glynn
Boniface
Where did it happen?
An Adjacent Village
Story Details
Key Persons
Mr. Wilkes
Mr. Sergeant Glynn
Boniface
Location
An Adjacent Village
Event Date
Some Time Since
Story Details
A publican puts up a sign of Mr. Wilkes; another across the way puts up Mr. Sergeant Glynn's sign to match patriotism. A jocular gentleman asks if it sets the Middlesex members at variance; the publican Boniface replies it's to remind Glynn never to lose sight of his friend Wilkes.