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BEP(F.770.013
5 Mar 1770:312 (1797)
[Two columns concerning soldiers vs. Bostonians]. . . Tis
said many of the 29th regt. have armed themselves with
bludgeons of about two feet long, a round handle, and the
body of the club three square. With such weapons as these,
swords and cutlasses, on Friday last, about 11 o'clock, they
made a formal attack on the rope-walk of Mr. John Gray. . .
[30 lines about this event]
No less audacious was the behavior of a tall Negro drummer,
to whom Justice Hill particularly spoke, ordering him home,
but he intent on wounding, or probably killing the
inhabitants, headed the party sword in hand; but had his
sword beat from his hold, which however being chained to his
body he carried with him. He is said to be much wounded. . .
[62 more lines about more confrontations.]
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