Index Entry | Bells, in Nottingham, rung muffled peal for excise tax |
Location | Nottingham |
Citation | PG-P.733.012 7-14 Jun 1733:21 (237) Letters from Nottingham [England] say, that the tradesmen there were so rejoiced at the news of the duties on tobacco being to be raised by way of excise, that several young men, of different persuasions in matter of religion (some whereof were sons of the Aldermen of no small note) met on Wednesday last in the evening in the belfrey of one of the churches there, and having put the bells in full mourning, rung a peal suitable to the occasion. |
Generic Title | Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia |
Date | 1733.06.14 |
Publisher | Franklin, B. |
City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
Year | 1733 |
Bibliography | B0034967 |