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Treacherous duel and trials amid early 18th century turmoil
Richard Grahme of Roug Croix claims the office in the room of the deceased John Bound. The report recounts a quarrel in Edinburgh between Lieutenant Moody and Captain Cheifly, a challenge, a duel, and both men dying of their wounds. Also noted are arrests, imprisonments, seizing of papers at Mifs Journal, appointments, royal notices, and lotteries tied to Thames Water works with schedules and prize terms dated August 1722.
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Richard Grahme
Roug
John Bound
Edinburgh
Moody
Cheifly
Cochran
Duke of Marlborough
Mif
Miff
Hallstead
Greenwich
Napper
Pierce
Thicher
Duke of Portland
Jamaica
Bodmyn
William Kempthorne
Falmouth
William James
Henry Hills House
Henry Hill
Wa&s
York-Buildings
Winchester-street
Thames