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NECH-C.776.007
18-25 Jan 1776:31 (8/391)
Cambridge, January 25. We hear that the enemy, the evening
on which our troops burnt the houses at Charlestown, were
entertaining themselves at the exhibition of a play, which
they called the Blockade of Boston; in the midst of which a
person appeared before the audience, and, with great
earnestness, declared that the Yankees were attacking
Bunker's Hill. The deluded wretches at first took this to
be merely farcical, and intended as a part of their
diversion: But soon convinced that the actor meant to
represent a solemn reality, the whole assembly left the
house in confusion, and scampered off with great
precipitation.
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