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BNL.766.035
22 May 1766:21,22 (3268 Extraordinary)
Another correspondent send us the following relation of the
late rejoicings: . . . immediately after the clock struck
one in the morning, the bell on the Reverend Doctor Byles's
Church (as being the nearest to Liberty-Tree) was set a
ringing; which was soon answered by the bells on Christ-
Church, at the other end of the town; and in a short time
all the other bells of the town struck in. Before two
o'clock musick was heard in the streets, the drums beat, and
guns fired. . . About twelve at night, upon a signal given
in the Common, and the beat of a drum, the populace retired
to their respective dwellings, the lights were put out, and
the town was hushed in an unusual silence.
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