| Index Entry | Drum, in Portsmouth, beat to alert militia of British attack on fort |
| Location | Portsmouth |
| Citation | EG.774.040 13-20 Dec 1774:31 (7/334) Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, dated December 16. We have been in confusion here for two days, on account of an express from Boston, informing 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; . . . [18 lines follow on the battle to obtain the gunpowder.] |
| Generic Title | Essex Gazette |
| Date | 1774.12.20 |
| Publisher | Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer |
| City, State | Salem, MA |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0016282 |