Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1771.05.27

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Index Entry Band of music, in London, in procession, for effigies, with chimney sweep 
Location London 
Citation
BEP(F.771.047
27 May 1771:22 (1861)
London, April 3.  The following noble personages were
yesterday carried in two carts, with a hearse before them,
thro' the city, and down the Minories to Tower-hill. The
P.D. Ld.B. D. of G. Ld. M. Sir F.N. . . .one gentleman, who
seemed to be a merchant, treated the people with beer, and
lent a hand in tying them to the gallows. . . the mob. . .
declared they had been such enemies to their King and
country, that they should not be delivered, for they would
burn them on the gallows, which was done. A sweep chimney,
with a band, attended as ordinary.


Generic Title Boston Evening Post (Fleet) 
Date 1771.05.27 
Publisher Fleet, T. and J. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0003656
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