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July 22, 1800
Event 2 of 2
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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This duel was the twenty-sixth fought within the last three months, though the first in Connecticut.
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Another Duel ! !
We are under the disagreeable necessity of announcing to the public, an affair of honor which took place last evening, between Pomp Ethiops, and Cæsar Blackamore.--The particulars of this unhappy rencontre, so far as they have transpired, are as follow :-On the evening of the 17th inst. as these gentlemen were sitting in a cellar-kitchen in Grub-street, regaling themselves in drinking gin-sling and smoking segars, the conversation turned on Miss Dinah Pugg, whom Mr. Ethiops was supposed to be courting. In perfect good humour Mr. Blackamore remarked that her lips were as thick as any negroes. Mr. Ethiops said that the insinuation was false-that he would not be insulted in so tender a point as the lips of the divine Miss Pugg-and demanded immediate satisfaction. The preliminaries were then settled ; and the next morning, at 6 o'clock the parties met at Crack-skull Hollow, about a mile below Mosquito-fort. The seconds were Quashaw Cuffee and Cuffee Quashaw. The ground was marked out, and they both fired nearly at the same time. The ball of Mr. Ethiops entered his antagonist's cravat, about an inch below his chin, and would doubtless have proved fatal but for the enormous pudding enclosed in the cravat, which deadened the force of the ball, and caused it to stick in the wool. The other ball hit Mr. Ethiops about three inches below his right knee, and owing to the sharp set of his shin, and the extreme tightness of his pantaloons, it split in the middle, and fortunately did no other mischief than to discolour the skin. Here the seconds interfered, and the parties shook hands in perfect friendship.
The seconds assure us, that the parties behaved with great spirit and bravery, and that it was as honorable a Duel as ever was fought.
Miss Pugg, upon first hearing of the event, fainted ; but, upon an application of a smelling bottle, she soon recovered.
New-Haven, June 19, 1800.
p. s. This is the twenty sixth duel which has been fought within the last three months-tho' the first in Connecticut.
We are under the disagreeable necessity of announcing to the public, an affair of honor which took place last evening, between Pomp Ethiops, and Cæsar Blackamore.--The particulars of this unhappy rencontre, so far as they have transpired, are as follow :-On the evening of the 17th inst. as these gentlemen were sitting in a cellar-kitchen in Grub-street, regaling themselves in drinking gin-sling and smoking segars, the conversation turned on Miss Dinah Pugg, whom Mr. Ethiops was supposed to be courting. In perfect good humour Mr. Blackamore remarked that her lips were as thick as any negroes. Mr. Ethiops said that the insinuation was false-that he would not be insulted in so tender a point as the lips of the divine Miss Pugg-and demanded immediate satisfaction. The preliminaries were then settled ; and the next morning, at 6 o'clock the parties met at Crack-skull Hollow, about a mile below Mosquito-fort. The seconds were Quashaw Cuffee and Cuffee Quashaw. The ground was marked out, and they both fired nearly at the same time. The ball of Mr. Ethiops entered his antagonist's cravat, about an inch below his chin, and would doubtless have proved fatal but for the enormous pudding enclosed in the cravat, which deadened the force of the ball, and caused it to stick in the wool. The other ball hit Mr. Ethiops about three inches below his right knee, and owing to the sharp set of his shin, and the extreme tightness of his pantaloons, it split in the middle, and fortunately did no other mischief than to discolour the skin. Here the seconds interfered, and the parties shook hands in perfect friendship.
The seconds assure us, that the parties behaved with great spirit and bravery, and that it was as honorable a Duel as ever was fought.
Miss Pugg, upon first hearing of the event, fainted ; but, upon an application of a smelling bottle, she soon recovered.
New-Haven, June 19, 1800.
p. s. This is the twenty sixth duel which has been fought within the last three months-tho' the first in Connecticut.
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Duels
Connecticut
1800
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Connecticut
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Twenty Sixth Duel In Three Months
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Connecticut
Event Details
This duel was the twenty-sixth fought within the last three months, though the first in Connecticut.