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Northern Star, And Warren And Bristol Gazette
Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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An affair of honor duel with pistols took place yesterday morning on the opposite side of the Potomac between two respected Virginia lawyers, one from Alexandria and one from Fairfax County. It ended after the first shot when one was wounded through both thighs, disabling but not dangerously, with no injury to the other. The dispute originated from a legal matter in Fairfax County courthouse.
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An affair of honour was yesterday morning contested, with pistols, on the opposite side of the Potomac, between two highly respectable members of the bar--which was checked at the first fire, by a disabling though not dangerous wound through both thighs of one, but without injury to the other, of the party.
Both are Virginians--one a resident of this place, and the other of Fairfax county, at the court house of which latter place, on a legal subject, the dispute originated.
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Opposite Side Of The Potomac (Virginia)
Event Date
Yesterday Morning
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disabling though not dangerous wound through both thighs of one, without injury to the other
Event Details
An affair of honour contested with pistols between two highly respectable members of the bar, checked at the first fire.