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SCGCJ.765.001
17 Dec 1765:13 (1)
New-York, November 4. The late extraordinary and
unprecedented preparations in Fort George, and the securing
of the stamped paper in that garrison, having greatly
alarmed and displeas'd the inhabitants of this city, a vast
number of them assembled last Friday evening in the commons,
from whence they marched down the Fly, (preceeded by a
number of lights) and having stop'd a few minutes at the
Coffee-house, proceeded to the Fort-walls, where they broke
open the stable of the L--t G--r, took out his coach, and
after carrying the same thro' the principal streets of the
city, in triumph march'd to the commons, where a gallows was
erected; on one end of which was suspended the effigy of the
person whose property the coach was; in his right hand he
held a stamp'd bill of lading, and on his breast was affix'd
a paper with the following inscription, The Rebel Drummer in
the Year 1715; at his back was fixed a drum, the badge of
his profession; at the other end of the gallows hung the
figure of the devil, a proper companion for the other, as
'tis suppos'd it was intirely at his instigation he acted;
after they had hung there a considerable time, they carried
the effigies, with the gallows intire, being preceeded by
the coach, in a grand procession to the gate of the fort,
where it remained for some time, from whence it was remov'd
to the Bowling Green, under the muzzles of the fort guns,
where a bon-fire was immediately made, and the drummer,
devil, coach, &c. were consumed amidst the acclamations of
some thousand spectators, and we make no doubt, but the L--t
G--r, and his friends, had the mortification of viewing the
whole proceeding from the ramparts of the fort; but the
business of the night not being yet concluded... [followed
by 30 more lines describing further actions taken by the
crowd.]
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