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Daniel Murray Key

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Daniel Murray Key

Birth
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
22 Jun 1836 (aged 20)
Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
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Frequent mention having been made, since the killing of Phillip Barton Key by Mr. Sickles, of the duel in which Mr. Key's eldest brother lost his life. Mr. Sherbourne's second [Thomas Mattingley] publishes what he calls "a correct statement of the affair,'' in the Memphis Avalanche.
He says in his statement that the quarrel between Mr. Daniel Key and Mr. John Sherbourne commenced in the winter of 1835 -36 [ Key and Sherbourne were friends and fellow Navy Academy Midshipmen and were arguing over the speed of steamships] ; that Key sent the first challenge, but a fight was prevented by arrest ; and on the 15th or 16th of June following, the second and last challenge was sent by Mr. Sherbourne.
Accordingly, the fight took place on the same evening, at Good Hope Tavern, in a meadow, 1 ½ miles from the Navy - Yard bridge, on the road leading from D. C. to Upper Marlborough. Thos. Mattingley of Alabama was the second of Mr. Sherbourne, and R. West, of Prince George county, Md., the second of Mr. Key. The weapons were pistols, borrowed for the occasion from the Hon. H. A. Wise of Virginia, and the distance ten paces. At the first fire, both escaped untouched. At the second fire Mr Key fell, shot through the lower part of the chest, the ball entering the right and lodging under the skin of the opposite side. He lived about twenty minutes, and died upon the spot where he fell.

The Delaware Gazette
Delaware, Ohio
Friday May 13,1859 page 1
noted by Contributor: Billy Walker (31535270) • [email protected]
Frequent mention having been made, since the killing of Phillip Barton Key by Mr. Sickles, of the duel in which Mr. Key's eldest brother lost his life. Mr. Sherbourne's second [Thomas Mattingley] publishes what he calls "a correct statement of the affair,'' in the Memphis Avalanche.
He says in his statement that the quarrel between Mr. Daniel Key and Mr. John Sherbourne commenced in the winter of 1835 -36 [ Key and Sherbourne were friends and fellow Navy Academy Midshipmen and were arguing over the speed of steamships] ; that Key sent the first challenge, but a fight was prevented by arrest ; and on the 15th or 16th of June following, the second and last challenge was sent by Mr. Sherbourne.
Accordingly, the fight took place on the same evening, at Good Hope Tavern, in a meadow, 1 ½ miles from the Navy - Yard bridge, on the road leading from D. C. to Upper Marlborough. Thos. Mattingley of Alabama was the second of Mr. Sherbourne, and R. West, of Prince George county, Md., the second of Mr. Key. The weapons were pistols, borrowed for the occasion from the Hon. H. A. Wise of Virginia, and the distance ten paces. At the first fire, both escaped untouched. At the second fire Mr Key fell, shot through the lower part of the chest, the ball entering the right and lodging under the skin of the opposite side. He lived about twenty minutes, and died upon the spot where he fell.

The Delaware Gazette
Delaware, Ohio
Friday May 13,1859 page 1
noted by Contributor: Billy Walker (31535270) • [email protected]

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