Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1769.05.11

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Index Entry Musician, Italian, beheaded for affair with noblewoman 
Location Berlin 
Citation
VGW(HU.769.053
11 May 1769:22 (938 Supplement)
We hear the last letters from B-- bring the following
particulars of the discovery of the amour so much talked of. 
A great personage at that place being over fond of an
Italian musician, made him a present of a very valuable
family diamond ring, which in a few days he offered for sale
to a jeweller in that city, who knew the ring. . . [alert
given, caught in the act, head taken off]


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) 
Date 1769.05.11 
Publisher Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0048434
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