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Foreign News
September 27, 1771
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Colonel Max--ll in Cornhill, Northumberland, committed suicide by shooting himself with a blunderbuss while indisposed, discovered by friends including a clergyman.
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Full Text
We hear from Cornhill, in Northumberland, of a very melancholy death lately in that neighbourhood, Colonel Max--ll, being indisposed, was waited upon by some friends who, upon entering his house, were alarmed by the servants informing them they had just heard a report like that of a pistol from his chamber; whereupon one of the gentlemen, a clergyman immediately stepping to his room, found him weltering in his blood with a sword in his hand, and a blunderbuss lying on the floor, with which he had shot himself.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suicide
Military Death
What keywords are associated?
Colonel Suicide
Northumberland Death
Blunderbuss Shooting
What entities or persons were involved?
Colonel Max Ll
Where did it happen?
Cornhill, Northumberland
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Cornhill, Northumberland
Event Date
Lately
Key Persons
Colonel Max Ll
Outcome
colonel max--ll shot himself dead
Event Details
Colonel Max--ll, being indisposed, was visited by friends who heard a pistol-like report from his chamber. A clergyman found him weltering in blood with a sword in hand and a blunderbuss on the floor, used to shoot himself.