Index Entry | Assembly, in London, given by Negroes to celebrate Somerset victory |
Location | London |
Citation | MS-B.772.066 17 Sep 1772:1183 (2/83) London, June 30. . . On Monday near 200 blacks, with their ladies, had an entertainment at a public house in Westminster, to celebrate the triumph which their brother Somerset had obtained over Mr. Stewart his master. Lord Mansfield's health was ecchoed round the room and the whole concluded with a ball. The tickets for admittance into this black assembly were five shillings each. |
Generic Title | Massachusetts Spy-Boston |
Date | 1772.09.17 |
Publisher | Thomas, I. |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1772 |
Bibliography | B0021530 |