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EJMP.776.061
18 Oct 1776:41,42 (3/146)
In a London paper is the following account of the evacuation
of Boston, being the contents of a letter from an officer of
distinction in the British army to a person in London, dated
March 3, 1776.
For these last six weeks, or near two months, we have been
better amused than could possibly be expected in our
situation. We had a theatre, we had balls, and there is
actually a subscription on foot for a masquerade. England
seems to have forgot us, and we endeavoured to forget
ourselves. But we were roused to a sense of our situation
last night, in a manner unpleasant enough. The rebels have
been for some time past erecting a bomb battery, and last
night began to play on us. . . [one column, describing
increased shelling activity] Adieu balls, masquerades, &c.
for this may be looked upon as the opening of the campaign.
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