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relief.The battle between Wood and Bartholomew, on. Monday last, was decided in favour of the former, his antagonist having struck him two foul blows. The brutal contest did not last more than a quarter of an hour. The Duke of Hamilton, that .virtuous patron of the polite arts, w as present, attended in his carriage by three amateurs. Wood, immediately after the battle, offered to fight Bartholomew for five hundred guineas in the course of three weeks.Johnson, the noted pugilist, died a few days since, at Phesboiough in Ireland. He fought sixteen stage battles, and was never subdued but o-nce, viz, in his celebrated contest with Big lien.C 11 (i 'I'’ ir in A r n I n rr o irr\nn/r ai'Anin ■lt; i.iitli
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London Observer

London, Middlesex, GB

Sun, Feb 05, 1797

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