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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 23 — 445.

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General Sir William Draper is best known from the attack upon him by Junius, his share in the defence of Fort St. Philip in Minorca (1781-2), and his subsequent charges against the Governor. He was twice married, but, after the death of his second wife in 1778, remained a widower. He died at Bath in 1787.

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