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NYM(G.770.036
2 Apr 1770:23 (962)
Extract of a letter from Boston, dated March 19, 1770 [an
account of skirmishes between British soldiers and
Bostonians, includes] . . . On the 5th in the evening, two
soldiers were attack'd and beat, and the town's people,
agreeable to their plan, broke open two meeting houses, and
rang the alarm bells, which was supposed to be for fire.
Soon after some of the Guard came to Capt. Preston, who was
Captain of the Day, and informed him, the inhabitants were
assembling to attack the troops, that the bells were ringing
for that purpose, and not for fire.
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