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CJ-B.776.037
17 Oct 1776:41,42 (21)
Philadelphia, Sept. 21. In a London paper is the following
account of the evacuation of Boston, being the contents of a
letter from an officer of distinction in the British army to
a person in London, dated March 3, 1776.
For these last six weeks, or near two months, we have been
better amused than could possibly be expected in our
situation. We had a theatre, we had balls, and there is
actually a subscription on foot for a masquerade. England
seems to have forgot us, and we endeavoured to forget
ourselves. But we were roused to a sense of our situation
last night, in a manner unpleasant enough. The rebels have
been for some time past erecting a bomb battery, and last
night began to play on us. . . [1/2 column, describing
increased shelling activity]
5th March . . . Adieu balls, masquerades, &c. for this may
be looked upon as the opening of the campaign. . . [1
column]
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