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SCG-C.763.094
5-12 Nov 1763:43 (1530 Supplement)
London, September 17. Extract of a letter from Edinburgh.
The pleasure we felt upon hearing that Wilkes had fallen in
a duel with a Scotchman, is not to be described. Without
waiting for a confirmation of the welcome news, the guns at
the fort were fired, and all business suspended for the day;
in the evening a ball was given to the ladies, our houses
were illuminated to the fifteen story, and the street
resounded with Long live Forbes! and Forbes forever! . . .
but alas! this pleasing dream lasted not long, for the very
next post contradicted the account, and Wilkes still lives
the curse of Scotland.
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