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A Frontier Joke...Then Pistols for 2
Record #:
13477
Author(s):
Null, Richard B.
Abstract:
On 12 August 1788, Andrew Jackson and Waightstill Avery dueled in the Western Judicial District of North Carolina. The argument, which was about a joke related to the law reference book entitled Bacon's Abridgement, ended in a duel.
Source:
The State
(NoCar F 251 S77),
Vol. 20 Issue 13, Aug 1952
,
p
3-4, por
Subject(s):
Dueling
Full Text:
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll18/id/29076