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EG.768.046
13-20 Dec 1768:12,13 (1/21)
Boston. . . Oct. 14. The troops still keep possession of
Faneuil-Hall, the court house, representatives' chambers,
&c. . . In the forenoon one Rogers, a New-England man,
sentenced to receive one thousand stripes, and a number of
other soldiers were scourged in the common by the black
drummers, in a manner, which however necessary, was shocking
to humanity; some gentlemen who had held commissions in the
army, observing, that only 40 of the 170 lashed received by
Rogers, at this time, was equal in punishment to 500 they
had seen given in other regiments.
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