Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1767.08.17

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Index Entry Bell, in Elizabethtown, rung by gaoler for assistance in riot of officers 
Location Elizabethtown 
Citation
CC-H.767.022
17 Aug 1767:41,42 (138)
Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, July 25.  Last night a notorious
riot was committed in this town, by the officers and
soldiers of the 28th Regiment quartered here.  About one
o'clock in the morning, the town was alarmed by the ringing
of the bells, and firing a gun from the court-house. . . [40
lines describing the progress and resolution of the riot.]


Generic Title Connecticut Courant 
Date 1767.08.17 
Publisher Green, Thomas 
City, State Hartford, CT 
Year 1767 
Bibliography B0012332
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