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AWM.745.029
11-18 Jul 1745:21 (1332)
Boston, July 8. . . [additional details of the fall of
Louisburg:] As Captain Bennet arrived in the night, he
first carried the General and Commodore's dispatches to his
excellency, then at Dorchester, and on his return
communicated the joyful tidings to the Hon. Colonel
Wendell's company of militia, then on duty as military
watch, who, (not able longer to conceal their joy) about 4
o'clock alarm'd the town, by firing their guns and beating
their drums, and before 5, all the bells in the town began
to ring, and continued ringing most of the day. . .
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