| Index Entry | Fife and drum, metaphor of army service, useful mechanics once marched to |
| Location | Falmouth |
| Citation | MS-B.774.062 21 Jul 1774:32 (4/181) [In a letter from concerning current events." In middle of second column:] How many useful mechanics are scattered over this wide extended continent, who, a few years since, were measuring their steps, to the sound of a fife and drum; but are now eating the bread of industry, and living with their families in peace and plenty? . . . [signed] An Old Man. From my hermitage near Falmouth, Casco-Bay, June, 1774. |
| Generic Title | Massachusetts Spy-Boston |
| Date | 1774.07.21 |
| Publisher | Thomas, I. |
| City, State | Boston, MA |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0021629 |