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Story July 15, 1785

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

What is this article about?

Anecdote about Sir John Jebb's improved style from his connection to the Prince and his domestic reconciliations with wife Mrs. Smith through financial payments after her tantrums involving broken china and threats to hunt with the Prince.

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Sir John Jebb (Ladd) by his late connection with the Prince, has improved his style and appearance; instead of a rascally little pig-tail to his hair, it is now bepowdered and pomatumed in the very first taste, and carries a tail as thick as his arm.

When Sir Jacky Jebb and his Dulcinea (Mrs. Smith) came to high words (and these high-mettled people have often high words), the lady's usual mode of pacifying the provoked Baronet, is to smack the china on the middle of the floor, dispatch a pier glass or two, and swear she will hunt with the Prince. This last stroke Jacky cannot bear; the idea of such angelic softness being transferred to another distracts him; he pays down thirty per cent. for the last hundred he borrowed of this sweet cherub; and thus once or twice a month are family matters amicably adjusted.

What sub-type of article is it?

Biography Family Drama

What themes does it cover?

Family Social Manners

What keywords are associated?

Sir John Jebb Domestic Quarrel Prince Connection Fashion Improvement Financial Reconciliation

What entities or persons were involved?

Sir John Jebb Mrs. Smith The Prince

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Key Persons

Sir John Jebb Mrs. Smith The Prince

Story Details

Sir John Jebb improves his appearance due to connection with the Prince. He and wife Mrs. Smith resolve frequent arguments when she breaks china, smashes pier glasses, and threatens to hunt with the Prince, prompting him to repay borrowed money to reconcile.

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