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BRADFORD, near TAUNTON, SOMERSET, May 8, 1780. TO BE PLAYED for at SWORD and DAGGER. (Somerset against the World.) On MONDAY, the 22d of MAY, To be PLAYED for at SWORD and DAGGER, at the Black-Lion Inn, in Bradford, near Taunton, Somerset, A Subscription Purse of Guineas. TUESDAY the 23d will be PLAYED for at […]
EXETER. The Devonshire Wrestling Champion.—Mr Langdon, of the Bull Inn, Exeter, assisted by other gentlemen, has succeeded in obtaining £180 for the veteran wrestling champion, Abraham Cann. After much deliberation it has been decided to purchase an annuity in the Norwich Insurance Office, and yesterday the proposal was effected and £200 paid. The champion wrestler […]
James Cane, champion of the Devon wrestling ring, died, 1849.