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BEP(F.770.038
25 Jun 1770:13 (1813 Supplement)
[from London papers, April 28, "Case of Capt. Thomas Preston
of the 29th regiment", in Boston] On Monday night about
eight o'clock two soldiers were attacked and beat. But the
party of the towns-people, in order to carry matters to the
utmost length, broke into two meeting-houses, and rang the
alarm bells, which I supposed was for fire as usual, but was
soon undeceived. About nine some of the guard came to and
informed me, the town-inhabitants were assembling to attack
the troops, and that the bells were ringing as the signal
for that purpose, and not for fire, and the beacon intended
to be fired to bring in the distant people of the country. .
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