Citation - Boston Gazette: 1765.12.30

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Index Entry Drums, in St Kitts, beat during dinner after demonstration against Stamp Act 
Location St Kitts 
Citation
BG.765.049
30 Dec 1765:23 (561)
Extract of a letter from St. Kitts.  We the inhabitants of
St. Kitts have the true [torn] loyal spirit of the North
American, [   ]ing and destroying the Stamps:. . . [8 lines] 
And on the 5th of November, being gun powder plot, the Stamp
master and his deputy, were carried in effigy through the
town, and in the evening burnt in the Common Pasture; The
evening concluded with an elegant supper, drums beating and
French horns playing; and the last toast [   ] was, Liberty,
Property, and no Stamps.  December 10, 1765.


Generic Title Boston Gazette 
Date 1765.12.30 
Publisher Edes and Gill 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1765 
Bibliography B0006021
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