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VGW(PU.776.005
23 Feb 1776:13, 21 (56)
We hear that the enemy, the evening on which our troops
burnt the houses at Charlestown, were entertaining
themselves at the exhibition of a play, which they called
the Blockade of Boston; in the midst of which a person
appeared before the audience, and with great earnestness
declared, that the Yankies were attacking Bunker's hill.
The deluded wretches, at first, took this to be merely
farcical, and intended as part of their diversion; but, soon
convinced that the actor meant to represent a solemn
reality, the whole assembly left the house in confusion, and
scampered off with great precipitation.
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