When was it published?

January 13, 1786 in Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News January 13, 1786

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Duel Incident, Diplomatic Servant Scandal

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

John Richards, Foreign Ambassador

Q: What keywords are associated?

Duel, Footmen, Hyde Park, Foreign Ambassador, Pistols, Wounding

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

On Friday morning in Hyde Park, two footmen dueled with pistols over a milliner's apprentice. John Richards was wounded in the thigh, possibly requiring amputation; the other's hand was shattered. One serves a foreign ambassador.

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Nov. 28. Duelling has descended to as low an ebb as possible, as will appear from the following fact: on Friday morning two footmen met vis et armis, without either the fear of God or loss of their places, in Hyde-Park, and there discharged a case of pistols. One of them whose name is John Richards was wounded in the thigh near the pope's eye, and it is much feared must suffer amputation. The other's hand is shattered by his antagonist's ball, the pistol going off as he was falling. One of these fellows is servant to a foreign Ambassador, and the dispute arose about a milliner's apprentice in Tavistock-Street.

What sub-type of article is it?

Duel Incident Diplomatic Servant Scandal

What keywords are associated?

Duel Footmen Hyde Park Foreign Ambassador Pistols Wounding

What entities or persons were involved?

John Richards Foreign Ambassador

Where did it happen?

Hyde Park

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Hyde Park

Event Date

Friday Morning, Reported Nov. 28

Key Persons

John Richards Foreign Ambassador

Outcome

john richards wounded in thigh near pope's eye, feared amputation; other's hand shattered by ball.

Event Details

Two footmen dueled with pistols in Hyde-Park over a milliner's apprentice in Tavistock-Street. One, John Richards, wounded in thigh; the other, servant to a foreign Ambassador, had hand shattered as pistol discharged while falling.