Citation - Newport Mercury: 1781.12.01

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Index Entry Bugle horns, in Yorktown, spoils of war, taken from British 
Location Yorktown 
Citation
NM.781.042
1 Dec 1781:11,12 (1053)
Return of ordnance and military stores taken at York and
Gloucester, in Virginia, by the surrender of the British
army, on the 19th of October, 1781. (continued from our
last)
Ordnance. . . . 
drums good 61, damaged 19.  Total 81.
Drum slings 18, fife cases 10, fife slings 7, trumpet 1. 
Bugle horns 18, French horns 5.  Total 23. . . .
Cloathing received from Captain Girlock, deputy-quarter-
master, October 26, 1781 . . . 
77 uniforms for non-commissioned officers.
17 ditto, drummers . .. 


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1781.12.01 
Publisher Barber, Henry 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1781 
Bibliography B0032638
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