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on 9/29/1775
"I have no notion of being hanged for half treason. When a subject draws his sword against his prince, he must cut his way through, if he means afterward to sit down in safety."
![Picture of Charles Dickens in 1836 Bentley, Richard. ALS to [1836 Sept. 29]](http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5109142&t=w)