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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from Paris dated the 15th reports French war preparations and public support for war, followed by an assassination attempt on the King at Versailles on the 6th instant. Two assailants, including an Abbe, tried to enter via back stairs, offered gold to guards, then stabbed one sentinel and escaped.
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"We are in great Consternation, occasioned by a fresh attempt on the King's Life. The Fact is as follows (but it was kept as secret as possible for some Time,) An Abbe and another Person drest in Green, being foremost, was thrown down by the Centinel and stabbed to death: Meanwhile the Abbe got off."
[Another Account says, that this happened at 10 at Night on the 6th Inst. that the two Persons came to the Back Stairs while the King was at Supper at Versailles, and wanted to go up; that the two Life Guard Men refusing to let them pass, they offered them a Purse of Gold, which they rejected, and the Centinels endeavouring to take them into Custody, they drew their Knives and a Dagger, and stabbed one of them in several Places, and made off undiscovered.]
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Versailles
Event Date
6th Inst.
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one centinel stabbed to death; attackers escaped undiscovered.
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An assassination attempt on the King's life at Versailles: An Abbe and another person dressed in green approached the back stairs while the King was at supper. They were refused entry by Life Guard Men, offered a purse of gold which was rejected, then drew knives and a dagger, stabbing one guard in several places before escaping. The incident occurred at 10 at night and was kept secret initially.