Index Entry | Bells, in Philadelphia, rung for addition to half-pay for retired Captains |
Location | Philadelphia |
Citation | PP-P.773.057 19 Apr 1773:32 (2/78) London. Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Feb. 14. On Friday the news arrived here of the addition of two shillings being granted to the half-pay of the Captains of men of war, on which occasion the bells were immediately set ringing, and the Captains met at the George inn, where they had a most elegant dinner on account of the joyful news. |
Generic Title | Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia |
Date | 1773.04.19 |
Publisher | Dunlap, John |
City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
Year | 1773 |
Bibliography | B0040059 |