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3

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21

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Jane Brevard Darby scrapbook: Broadside, December 7, 1893, Augustus Alston, Tallahassee, 1 p., entitled ''To The Public,'' refuting ''a vile, atrocious calumny'' against him spread by General Leigh Read, and refusing to challenge him to a duel: ''. . . If we meet, it must be on his seeking, or by accident, and then if he cross my path, I must treat him as I would any other noxious disgusting reptile. . .''

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CALL FAMILY PAPERS (continued)

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Jane Brevard Darby scrapbook: Broadside, December 7, 1893, Augustus Alston, Tallahassee, 1 p., entitled ''To The Public,'' refuting ''a vile, atrocious calumny'' against him spread by General Leigh Read, and refusing to challenge him to a duel: ''. . . If we meet, it must be on his seeking, or by accident, and then if he cross my path, I must treat him as I would any other noxious disgusting reptile. . .''