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Even back in the day, dueling was illegal in Boston, but that didn't stop a pair of angry card players
By adamg on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 6:43pm
And before the night was over, one would be dead and the other on his way to refuge in England, according to an account by Mark Hurwitz.
Via J.L. Bell, who has more on the context of dueling in ye olde Boston.
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Should have taken a road trip to Jersey.
They should have taken a road trip to Jersey - everything is legal in New Jersey!
[sorry, just couldn't believe there wasn't one Hamilton reference in that whole article :)]
I assume the owners of the
I assume the owners of the Royal Exchange Tavern were hauled in front of the licensing board to determine if there was anything they should have done differently to prevent the dueling?