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Colonial America's Oldest Unsolved Murder
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| June 24, 2013
| Linton Weeks
Posted on 06/25/2013 8:38:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Well, at least Ringo is in the clear.
To: Conservative4Ever
I think Yoko was behind it...
To: Revenge of Sith
It was Courtney. She got Kurt, too.
To: nickcarraway
That’s the same way Albert Sydney Johnston died at Shiloh a couple hundred years later.
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06/25/2013 9:50:15 AM PDT
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IronJack
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To: JackOfVA
Thanks for the info.
That’s why I live here at FR.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:09:02 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: nickcarraway
Well, if he was shot during a duel and everyone then knew enough about it to write about it - then there was no unknown murdered.
Eh, NPR, what morons.
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06/25/2013 10:11:20 AM PDT
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PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:12:21 AM PDT
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PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:15:48 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: nickcarraway
***And the man who murdered Harrison in a duel,***
MURDER? Mighty strong words. It was a duel. Duels were legal then.
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06/25/2013 10:20:16 AM PDT
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t really think dueling counts as murder.
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06/25/2013 10:54:41 AM PDT
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Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
Believe it or not, that was a big debate back then.
To: Georgia Girl 2
Believe it or not, that was a big debate back then.
To: JackOfVA
After Vice President Aaron Burr (D-NY) killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, he was wanted for murder (but never brought to justice).
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06/26/2013 4:17:51 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv; nickcarraway; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; ...
Thanks for the post, nickcarraway, and the ping, SunkenCiv. If you messed with a man's honor, you could die for it in a duel. People watched their words back then...it was the equivalent of '...an armed society is a polite society.'
Whether he was the challenger or challengee, he died as a man of honor.
RIP.
The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list
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06/26/2013 7:16:26 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: Pharmboy
"And the man who murdered Harrison in a duel," I didn't think dueling was considered murder?
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posted on
06/26/2013 7:28:55 PM PDT
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blam
To: Pride in the USA
Didn't we have some relative hanging around Jamestown circa 1635? :-)
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posted on
06/26/2013 7:38:16 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
To: blam
Oh absolutely. The NPR headline writer blew it. This was within societal bounds and not illegal. Arguments could be made to bring back dueling.
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06/26/2013 7:47:44 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
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