Word: lockup
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...soon died, giving him thus the opportunity of marrying again, in 1707. The letters which he wrote to his second wife form the most interesting account we have of him. They were written at all times, when at his business, when drunk, when penitent or when in the lockup, where he sometimes found himself. They are all good humoured and natural and he comes out, strange to say, a nobler fellow for their publication...