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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In France, Mr. de Monthion's annual Prize of Virtue was awarded to a young woman who risked her fortune and reputation to save an innocent prisoner from punishment. The prize aims to encourage virtuous acts in the capital.
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Capital Of The Kingdom
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prize adjudged to a young woman who hazarded her fortune and reputation to secure an innocent prisoner from punishment
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The Prize of Virtue, instituted by Mr. de Monthion, one of the most enlightened and estimable men in France, has been adjudged this year to a young woman who hazarded her fortune and reputation, to secure an innocent prisoner from punishment. The worthy magistrate who instituted this prize, and whose penetration and benignity is superior to praise, thinks that the capital of the kingdom stands more in need of examples and incentives to virtue than the provinces, where the vices of great cities are hardly known. For this reason he established this annual prize, which creates an honorable contest among the candidates, in actions of piety, affection, friendship, industry, and beneficence.