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Letter to Editor
September 16, 1763
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Thomas Forsey responds to Mr. Cunningham's scurrilous advertisement in the New-York Gazette and Pacquet, which falsely depicts a stabbing incident at a coffee-house. He promises a true narrative in the next week's papers. Dated New-York, Sept. 1, 1763.
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THE following Advertisement is inserted in the last Thursday's New-York Gazette.
To the PUBLIC.
As Mr. Cunningham, whose Resentment against me, seems not to be cooled, instead of publishing a plain and true Narrative of Facts, relating to his going to the Coffee-House with a Sword concealed under his Coat, and therewith stabbing me, having tho't proper to insert a Piece full of Scurrility, base Reflections, Untruths, and Misrepresentations, in the New-York Pacquet of Monday last, (which I understand is to be re-published in this Paper to Day) makes it necessary for me to reply, and set that Representation in the Light it justly deserves; this would have appeared this Day, but that the Printer had not Time to insert it: but the Publick may depend on its being inserted in the next Week's Papers.
New-York, Sept. 1. 1763.
Thomas Forsey.
To the PUBLIC.
As Mr. Cunningham, whose Resentment against me, seems not to be cooled, instead of publishing a plain and true Narrative of Facts, relating to his going to the Coffee-House with a Sword concealed under his Coat, and therewith stabbing me, having tho't proper to insert a Piece full of Scurrility, base Reflections, Untruths, and Misrepresentations, in the New-York Pacquet of Monday last, (which I understand is to be re-published in this Paper to Day) makes it necessary for me to reply, and set that Representation in the Light it justly deserves; this would have appeared this Day, but that the Printer had not Time to insert it: but the Publick may depend on its being inserted in the next Week's Papers.
New-York, Sept. 1. 1763.
Thomas Forsey.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Stabbing Incident
Coffee House Dispute
Public Narrative
New York Gazette
New York Pacquet
Thomas Forsey
Mr Cunningham
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas Forsey
To The Public
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Thomas Forsey
Recipient
To The Public
Main Argument
mr. cunningham's published account of the stabbing incident is full of scurrility, untruths, and misrepresentations; forsey will reply with a true narrative in the next week's papers to set the record straight.
Notable Details
Cunningham Concealed Sword Under Coat At Coffee House
Piece In New York Pacquet Of Monday Last
To Be Re Published In This Paper To Day
Printer Had Not Time To Insert It This Day