When was it published?

February 1, 1836 in Alexandria Gazette

Domestic News February 1, 1836

Alexandria Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

John W. Luton, Thomas Powers, Peter Traffet

Q: What keywords are associated?

Sailors Affray, Stabbing, American French Sailors, New York Boarding House

Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia

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What is this article about?

On Saturday night, American seamen John W. Luton and Thomas Powers entered a French sailor boarding house at No. 4 James Slip in New York, leading to a dispute with French seamen over U.S.-France tensions. Luton was stabbed multiple times and hospitalized but is recovering.

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Sailors' Affray—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night two American seamen named John W. Luton and Thomas Powers went into a French sailor boarding house, No. 4 James Slip, kept by Peter Traffet, where the former got into a controversy with some French seamen relative to the matter in dispute between this country and France, which ended in a rupture in which Luton was forced into the street and received numerous severe stabs with a knife. He was carried to the City Hospital, and is in a fair way of recovering.—N. Y. Gaz.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime

What keywords are associated?

Sailors Affray Stabbing American French Sailors New York Boarding House

What entities or persons were involved?

John W. Luton Thomas Powers Peter Traffet

Where did it happen?

No. 4 James Slip, New York

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

No. 4 James Slip, New York

Event Date

Between 11 And 12 O'clock On Saturday Night

Key Persons

John W. Luton Thomas Powers Peter Traffet

Outcome

luton received numerous severe stabs with a knife and was carried to the city hospital, where he is in a fair way of recovering.

Event Details

Two American seamen entered a French sailor boarding house kept by Peter Traffet, where Luton got into a controversy with French seamen over the dispute between this country and France, ending in a rupture where Luton was forced into the street and stabbed.