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Infamous duel between Lewis & McHenry... Acts of Congress signed by Jefferson...
Infamous duel between Lewis & McHenry... Acts of Congress signed by Jefferson...
Item # 713235
June 13, 1808
SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, June 13, 1808 The front page has "AN ACT" of congress: "For the establishment of a turnpike company in the county of Alexandria in the district of Columbia" signed tintype: Th. Jefferson. The balance of the front page is "AN ACT Concerning Invalid Pensions" with a very lengthy list of recipients and their amounts, signed on page 2: Th. Jefferson.
Page 3 has: "Fatal Duel!" fought between Thomas Lewis and John McHenry. There is much on the internet concerning this infamous duel. It was the first duel with rifles known to have taken place in Virginia, resulting in the death of both men. Dr. John Floyd, later Governor of Virginia and member of Congress, was the attending surgeon. This affair contributed to the passage in 1810 of the Barbour Bill outlawing dueling in Virginia.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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