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Letter to Editor
May 27, 1773
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Andrew Miller of Halifax, in a letter dated May 1, 1773, to the printers Purdie & Dixon, denounces an anonymous piece in their April 8 paper for its scurrilous and false attack on his character, deeming it cowardly and challenging the author to reveal himself for a private response.
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To Messrs. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN,
HALIFAX, May 1, 1773.
In your paper of the 8th of April I have seen a piece in which I am treated with a degree of scurrility and falsehood peculiar to the supposed author. To attack a private character under a signature common to thousands, is too cowardly to deserve answering; but if your correspondent will appear without the mask, he may hear from me, though not through the channel of a newspaper, provided he is not too infamous or contemptible.
ANDREW MILLER.
GENTLEMEN,
HALIFAX, May 1, 1773.
In your paper of the 8th of April I have seen a piece in which I am treated with a degree of scurrility and falsehood peculiar to the supposed author. To attack a private character under a signature common to thousands, is too cowardly to deserve answering; but if your correspondent will appear without the mask, he may hear from me, though not through the channel of a newspaper, provided he is not too infamous or contemptible.
ANDREW MILLER.
What sub-type of article is it?
Provocative
Emotional
What themes does it cover?
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Anonymous Attack
Scurrility
Falsehood
Cowardly Signature
Private Challenge
Halifax 1773
What entities or persons were involved?
Andrew Miller
Messrs. Purdie & Dixon
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Andrew Miller
Recipient
Messrs. Purdie & Dixon
Main Argument
the anonymous attack on the writer's character in the newspaper is scurrilous, false, and cowardly; the author is challenged to identify himself for a private response rather than through the press.
Notable Details
Piece Dated April 8
Signature Common To Thousands (Anonymous)
Offers Private Confrontation If Not Too Infamous