| Index Entry | Drum, in Portsmouth, beat to alert militia of British attack on fort |
| Location | Portsmouth |
| Citation | CC-H.774.072 26 Dec 1774:32 (522) Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, dated December 16. We have been in confusion here for two days on information that two regiments were coming to take possession of our fort;--by beat of drum 200 men immediately assembled and went to the Castle in two gundalows, who on their way were joined by 150 more, and demanded the surrender of the fort, which Capt. Cochran refused; and fired three guns, but no lives were lost. . . [12 lines] |
| Generic Title | Connecticut Courant |
| Date | 1774.12.26 |
| Publisher | Watson, Ebenezer |
| City, State | Hartford, CT |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0012713 |