Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

A few days ago the following very uncommon and extraordinary affray happened at Crondall, near Farnham Surry:--Two men and their wives being in company, some words arose between the men, and at length they went to blows; the battle was decided in about 10 minutes, the issue of which not sitting easy on the mind of the wife of the person beat, the women after a few words, set to, and after three or four rounds, agreed, like true boxers, to fight in buff, and instantly tripped off every thing except their under-petticoats, stockings and shoes; the battle was then renewed, with the utmost resolution, and continued, without ceasing, exactly 43 minutes; when victory was declared in favour of the wife whose husband had been beaten. The women were so much bruised as to be obliged to be carried home; and, what renders this affair the more extraordinary is, that they are people of credit.