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Foreign News January 23, 1772

The Virginia Gazette

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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Tensions between Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Townshend escalate, with fears of confrontation; an anecdote reveals Wilkes' hypocrisy in criticizing invectives against the Princess Dowager, as he authored similar content in the North Briton about her and Lord Bute.

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The Differences between Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Townshend have now risen to so extravagant a Height, that, though no formal Challenge is expected from either, the Friends of both are apprehensive for the Consequences of their first Meeting. As Mr. Wilkes, in his Charge against Mr. Townshend, has thought proper to mention illiberal Invectives against the Princess Dowager, as some of the most heinous of his Offences, I must take the Liberty (says a Correspondent) to tell a trifling Anecdote of Mr. Wilkes, to prove how abominably odious such illiberal Invectives are in that worthy Gentleman's Eyes. The North Briton, which first spoke of an improper Connection between Lord Bute and the Princess Dowager, was shown in Manuscript, by John Wilkes, to his then Acquaintance Doctor B--- in Norfolk Street: who, after reading it, asked him if he believed there was any such Connection really subsisting: Not I, by G---d (replies Jack) but it will make an excellent North Briton.

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Court News Political

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Wilkes Townshend Feud Princess Dowager Invectives North Briton Lord Bute Connection Political Gossip

What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Wilkes Mr. Townshend Princess Dowager Lord Bute John Wilkes Doctor B Jack

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Mr. Wilkes Mr. Townshend Princess Dowager Lord Bute John Wilkes Doctor B Jack

Event Details

Differences between Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Townshend have risen to a high level, with friends apprehensive about their meeting. Wilkes accused Townshend of illiberal invectives against the Princess Dowager. A correspondent shares an anecdote: Wilkes showed the manuscript of the North Briton, which alleged an improper connection between Lord Bute and the Princess Dowager, to Doctor B---, admitting he did not believe it but it would make a good article.

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