Index Entry | Bells, in Providence, tolled or rung, on destruction of tea |
Location | Providence |
Citation | VGW(PU.775.016 7 Apr 1775:31 (10) Providence, March 4. About five in the afternoon a great number of inhabitants assembled at the place, when there was brought in about 300 lbs. weight of tea, . . . A large fire was kindled, and the tea chest cast into it. . . On this occasion the bells were tolled, but it is referred to the learned whether tolling or ringing would have been most proper. . . |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Pu) |
Date | 1775.04.07 |
Publisher | Purdie, Alexander |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1775 |
Bibliography | B0049091 |