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NYM(G.763.053
8 Aug 1763:13 (615)
Boston, July 28. On Monday last arrived here the schooner
Humbird, Capt. Stedman, from Jamaica, last from the
Havannah, from whence she has had 18 days passage. . .. That
on Wednesday the 6th of July, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
the Spanish guards took possession of the Moro Castle and
other fortress, together with the city and town of Havannah;
when the English flag was struck and the Spanish hoisted in
many places. The British troops marched with music playing
and drums beating, making a grand procession down to the
water side . . .
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