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August 22, 1771
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A nobleman warns Lord Bute of impending public attacks upon his return to England, prompting Bute to reply wittily that he hopes to die quietly among them and anticipates future understanding once party rage subsides.
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OCR Quality
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Full Text
A Nobleman, who lately wrote to Lord Bute on the Subject of his Return, informed his Lordship that the public Prints were again preparing to attack him, and that the People of England would never suffer him to live among them quietly. "I know that too well, my dear Friend, (replied the Earl, in his succeeding Letter) but surely they can have no Objection to my dying quietly among them, I desire no farther Favour at their Hands; though I doubt not, when the Rage of Party has subsided, that they will be convinced I could have no Interest in being their intentional Enemy."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Lord Bute
Public Attacks
Party Rage
Political Correspondence
English Nobility
What entities or persons were involved?
Lord Bute
A Nobleman
Where did it happen?
England
Story Details
Key Persons
Lord Bute
A Nobleman
Location
England
Story Details
A nobleman writes to Lord Bute warning of public prints preparing to attack him and the English people unwilling to let him live quietly. Bute replies acknowledging this but hoping they allow him to die quietly, desiring no further favor, and believing that once party rage subsides, they will see he was not their intentional enemy.