Citation - Boston Chronicle: 1767.12.21

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Index Entry Drums, beating, people more influenced by eyes and ears, than reason 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
BC.767.001
21 Dec 1767:21 (1/1)
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of
the British Colonies.  By John Dickenson, Esq;  Letter 1. .
. [article discussing Stamp Act and American's reactions to
it. at bottom of third column:] For it is evident, that the
suspension is meant as compulsion; and the method of
compelling is totally indifferent.  It is indeed probable,
that the sight of red coats, and the beating of drums would
have been most alarming, because people are generally more
influenced by their eyes and ears than by their reason: . .
.


Generic Title Boston Chronicle 
Date 1767.12.21 
Publisher Mein and Fleeming 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1767 
Bibliography B0001581
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