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Foreign News
May 24, 1765
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
At a bankruptcy commissioners' meeting, the celebrated Mr. Foote appeared as a creditor for Mr. Kearsly, who had been abroad, and delivered a humorous speech defending him as a martyr to the cause of liberty, amusing the company.
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Full Text
At the meeting of the commissioners of bankruptcy, when Mr. Kearsly (who had been abroad some months) surrendered to the statute, the celebrated Mr. Foote appeared as a creditor, and was of no little service to Mr. Kearsly in throwing the company into a good humour, and remonstrating on Mr. Kearsly's having fallen a martyr to the cause of liberty. He began his oration with "Gentlemen, it is a very common case for a bookseller to be seen amongst the creditors of an author, but for once—strange to tell! you see an author amongst the creditors of a bookseller."
What sub-type of article is it?
Bankruptcy Proceeding
Literary Speech
What keywords are associated?
Bankruptcy Meeting
Mr Foote Speech
Bookseller Creditor
Martyr Liberty
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Kearsly
Mr. Foote
Foreign News Details
Key Persons
Mr. Kearsly
Mr. Foote
Outcome
mr. kearsly's case presented favorably; company in good humour.
Event Details
Mr. Kearsly surrendered to the statute after being abroad. Mr. Foote, as creditor, spoke to the commissioners, remonstrating on Kearsly's martyrdom for liberty, beginning with a jest about an author crediting a bookseller.