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Preferred Citation:

Handbill (King George County, Va.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Scope and Contents

Published handbill by H.T. Garnett, Jr. "calling out" to B.W. Mason and T.B. Baber to fight it out.  Includes text of notice posted by T.B. Baber asking B.W. Mason if he had indeed made an "exhibition" of the confidential letters that Baber's sister had written and calling Mason an "Infamous Scoundrel and Poltroon."  Includes text of B.W. Mason's reply.  King George County, Virginia, June 18,1847.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Broadsides
• King George County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century