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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A duel with pistols on the race course near Kingston, Jamaica, resulted in the death of Mr. I---, shot through the heart by Mr. B-e-r. at the third shot on the morning of November 16, as reported on November 17.
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Yesterday morning, about six o'clock a duel was fought with pistols, on the race course near this town, between Mr. B-e-r. and Mr. I---, in which, at the third discharge, the latter was shot through the heart, and instantly expired without uttering a single word. Upon this lamented fatality it may be necessary to observe, that no wounds are so incurable as those of honour, though it must be confessed in the present instance, that the satisfaction taken was infinitely disproportioned to the measure of the insult, which was reciprocally given on both sides.
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Kingston, Jamaica
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Yesterday Morning, About Six O'clock (Reported Nov. 17)
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mr. i--- shot through the heart and instantly expired
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A duel with pistols was fought on the race course near Kingston between Mr. B-e-r. and Mr. I---. At the third discharge, Mr. I--- was shot through the heart and died instantly without speaking. The incident arose from reciprocal insults, though the response was seen as disproportionate.