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1820 letter from William Mitchell to L. Thornton accepting Thornton’s challenge to a duel
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1820 Letter From William Mitchell to L. Thornton Accepting Thornton’s Challenge to a Duel. . 1820. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54208.APA citation style
(1820). 1820 letter from William Mitchell to L. Thornton accepting Thornton’s challenge to a duel. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54208.Chicago citation style
1820 Letter From William Mitchell to L. Thornton Accepting Thornton’s Challenge to a Duel. 1820. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54208.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- Dueling was a common practice in the South in the early 19th century. Perceived slights to one's honor could be handled by challenging one to a duel. According to William Brantley, the donor, this letter was hand delivered.
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- This digital object is the property of the Samford University Library and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Special Collection, Samford University Library. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this or other images in this collection, please contact the Samford University Special Collection department at scdept@samford.edu