22 Nov 1756:11,12,13 (224)
New York Mercury (Gaine)             
NYM(G.756.092                                                           
22 Nov 1756:11,12,13 (224)                                              
From the Gentleman's Magazine, for August 1756.                         
Some account of the life of General William Blakeney.                   
William Blakeney was the eldest son of -------- Blakeney,               
Esq; and was born at Mount Blakeney, in the county of                   
Limerick, in Ireland, in the year 1672. . .                             
  At the age of 17 he was taken from school, having acquired            
a little Latin, a considerable share of historical                      
knowledge, and a consummate skill in dancing. . . [article              
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  As to his person, he is of middle stature and very strong             
make; muscular, but not corpulent, and large limbed, though             
he still dances, and did once dance very gracefully.  He was            
particularly fond of a jigg, or rigadoon, in which he                   
acquitted himself well, though heavily shod, for he never               
wore any other than broad toed German shoes, an inch thick              
in the sole. . .