Citation - Connecticut Journal: 1783.09.24

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Index Entry Drums, in Bencoolen, beat to arms for fire in magazine 
Location Bencoolen 
Citation
CJ-NH.783.040
24 Sep 1783:12, 13 (830) 
London.  May 29.  Extract of a letter from an officer in the
East-India Company's service, dated Bencoolen, April 13,
1782. . . [27 lines describing fire in military magazine and
laboratory ignited by lightning] . . .immediately after the
drums beat to arms--I went to the fort--but what a scene was
there! . . . [33 more lines describing destruction]


Generic Title Connecticut Journal 
Date 1783.09.24 
Publisher Green, Thomas and Samuel 
City, State New Haven, CT 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0015422
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