Index Entry | Bells, in Boston, not rung for fire, drums beat and confuse inhabitants |
Location | Boston |
Citation | SHPM.775.006 26 May 1775:21 (8 Supplement) Cambridge [Massachusetts], May 22. The following is taken from a manuscript account of the fire that happened in Boston last Wednesday night. . . [20 lines] Instead of ringing the bells as usual, the soldiers beat to arms, by which the people were in great confusion, not being used to such signals in time of fire. |
Generic Title | Story & Humphrey's Pennsylvania Mer |
Date | 1775.05.26 |
Publisher | Story & Humphreys |
City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
Year | 1775 |
Bibliography | B0047690 |