Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1768.12.12

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Index Entry Drums, in Boston, beat as British troops march into town 
Location Boston 
Citation
BEP(F.768.057
12 Dec 1768:11 (1733)
(from Journals of Transactions in Boston.)  Oct. 1.
[Describes movements of fleet in harbor and troops,
including] At about one o'clock, all the troops landed under
cover of the cannon of the ships of war, and marched into
the common, with muskets charged, bayonets fixed, colours
flying, drums beating, and fifes, &c. playing, making with
the train of artillery upwards of 700 men. . . 


Generic Title Boston Evening Post (Fleet) 
Date 1768.12.12 
Publisher Fleet, T. and J. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0003528
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