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NO. IV.

Sir:

Your last note would not seem to require much consideration;
but I have given it a good deal; and my reply
is, that I cannot accept a challenge, under the circumstances
of this case, whatever I might do, where I held myself
amenable to the laws of honour, or society, for any outrage
upon either
.

Yours, with respect,

JOHN NEAL.
Mr. Edw. C. Pinkney.