This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1727.
Events
November 22 –
Richard Savage is arrested for the murder of James Sinclair in a drunken quarrel the previous night. He escapes the death penalty through the intercession of Frances, Countess of Hertford (wife of the man later known as
Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset), and others.
^Olsen-Harbich, Peter (1 July 2018). "The History of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York in America: A Critical Edition". Ethnohistory. 65 (3): 533–534.
doi:
10.1215/00141801-4451584.