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Foreign News
August 8, 1771
The Massachusetts Spy
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Nobleman warns Lord Bute of press attacks and public hostility upon his return to England; Bute responds resignedly, hoping for quiet death and future understanding once political rage subsides.
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Full Text
A Nobleman, who lately wrote to Lord Bute on the subject of his return, informed his Lordship, that the public prints were again preparing to attack him, and that the people of England would never suffer him to live among them quietly. "I know that too well, my dear friend," (replied the Earl in his succeeding letter,) "but surely they can have no objection to my dying quietly among them; I desire no other favour at their hands; though I doubt not, when the rage of party has subsided, that they will be convinced I could have no interest in being their intentional enemy."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Court News
What keywords are associated?
Lord Bute
Political Attacks
Public Opinion
Party Rage
England
What entities or persons were involved?
Lord Bute
Where did it happen?
England
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
England
Key Persons
Lord Bute
Event Details
A nobleman wrote to Lord Bute warning of attacks in public prints upon his return and that the people of England would not let him live quietly. Lord Bute replied that he knew this well but hoped they would allow him to die quietly among them, desiring no other favor, and believed that once party rage subsided, they would see he had no interest in being their intentional enemy.