Index Entry | Drummers, in Cambridge, beat to arms for British landing |
Location | Cambridge |
Citation | VGW(RI.775.113 30 Nov 1775:22 (499) Philadelphia, November 20. Part of a letter from Prospect Hill, camp at Cambridge, dated November 9. I am now to inform you, . . . that about 2 o'clock this afternoon we discovered a party of the ministerial troops landing from a number of boats, on Litchmore's Point. Our drums immediately beat to arms, by order of General Green, and our men, with all possible expedition, manned the lines. . . [18 lines] |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri) |
Date | 1775.11.30 |
Publisher | Pinkney, John |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1775 |
Bibliography | B0049605 |