| Index Entry | Drummed out of barracks, soldier in Dublin, for cutting off his thumb |
| Location | Dublin |
| Citation | BEP(F.762.046 11 Oct 1762:12 (1414) London, August 2. They write from Dublin, that a desperate wretch who had inlisted in one of the regiments on duty there, chopp'd off his right thumb at a butcher's block, in order to get his discharge; which he got by receiving 500 lashes, and was drumm'd out of the barracks with a halter about his neck. |
| Generic Title | Boston Evening Post (Fleet) |
| Date | 1762.10.11 |
| Publisher | Fleet, T. and J. |
| City, State | Boston, MA |
| Year | 1762 |
| Bibliography | B0003206 |