Despite Cooke's admonition that Sharp would not accept a challenge to duel, Beauchamp traveled to Frankfort to gain an audience with Sharp, who had recently been named the state's attorney general by Governor John Adair.
Beauchamp traveled to Frankfort to gain an audience with Sharp. Sharp would not accept a challenge to duel. This was despite Cooke's admonition this. Sharp had recently been named the state's attorney general by Governor John Adair.