| Index Entry | Drum, in Portsmouth, beat to alert militia of British attack on fort |
| Location | Portsmouth |
| Citation | EJMP.774.115 21 Dec 1774:22 (1/53) Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, 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 be castle in two gundalows, who on their way were joined by 150 more, and demanded the surrender of the Fort, which Capt. Cockran refused. . . |
| Generic Title | Essex Journal |
| Date | 1774.12.21 |
| Publisher | Lunt, E., and H. W. Tinges |
| City, State | Newburyport, MA |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0016356 |