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April 28, 1859
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Col. King of Gonzales County, Texas, makes a humorous, grammatically incorrect remark about offering a blank bill as payment for an unjust debt and threatening retribution if sued.
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Col. King, of Gonzales county, in Texas, who is an equal enemy of hard money and grammar, having a proper contempt for both, and who lives, as he says, down to the foot of navigation," near Gonzales, a little creek which runs dry in summer, recently delivered himself of the following emphatic remark: "Ef I owe a man an unjust debt, and I make him a lawless tender of a blank bill and he refuses to accept it, but sues out a writ for to levy on my property, ef I don't make sacrament of him I'll be d--d."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Col King
Gonzales Texas
Unjust Debt
Blank Bill
Lawless Tender
Grammar Contempt
What entities or persons were involved?
Col. King
Where did it happen?
Gonzales County, In Texas, Near Gonzales
Story Details
Key Persons
Col. King
Location
Gonzales County, In Texas, Near Gonzales
Event Date
Recently
Story Details
Col. King expresses contempt for hard money and grammar, living near a dry creek in Gonzales, and delivers a remark about offering a blank bill for an unjust debt and threatening the creditor if sued.