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Boxing Match Ends With Barber Beating Coachman In Eleven Minutes
A crowded Tottenham Court Booth witnessed a brutal match between Stephenson the Coachman and Taylor the Barber. The Barber, despite a severe early eye wound and strong odds against him, landed seven decisive blows and secured victory in eleven minutes amid betting and crowd trouble.
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Tottenham Court Booth
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Peartree
Boswell
His
Fleet
Common- Pleas
Westminster
William Westbrook
Aldgate
Whitechapel
Shadwell
Acton
Southall
Jacob Harvey
Islington
Katherine Clarke
Newgate
Justice Farmer
Elizabeth Ford
Philadelphia
Whitesides
Ireland
Neweagle
France
Jamaica