| Index Entry | Drum, in Portsmouth, beat to alert militia of British attack on fort |
| Location | Portsmouth |
| Citation | CJ-NH.774.057 28 Dec 1774:22 (376) 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. . . [20 more lines describing confrontation and political aftermath] |
| Generic Title | Connecticut Journal |
| Date | 1774.12.28 |
| Publisher | Green, Thomas and Samuel |
| City, State | New Haven, CT |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0014969 |