| Index Entry | Dead beat [t], beat by drums before execution in Boston |
| Location | Boston |
| Citation | SCG-C.768.087 22 Dec 1768:12 (34/1735) Journal of Transactions in Boston continued. Boston, October 31. . . [Several paragraphs on strife in Boston] All the troops marched into the Common this morning, drumming the dead beat; at 8 o'clock Richard Arnes, a private of the 14th regiment, dressed in white, . . . was pursuant to the sentence of a general court martial, shot for desertion. |
| Generic Title | South Carolina Gazette (Timothy) |
| Date | 1768.12.22 |
| Publisher | Timothy, Peter |
| City, State | Charleston, SC |
| Year | 1768 |
| Bibliography | B0047288 |