Citation - Boston News Letter: 1767.05.28

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Index Entry Drum, in Boston, carried by boys to island for frolic 
Location Boston 
Citation
BNL.767.041
28 May 1767:22 (3321)
Boston, May 25.
Yesterday a number of boys from the north-end going in a
boat on a frolick to one of the islands in this harbour,
they carried a drum, and several guns to divert themselves;
before they reached the place where they design'd one of the
guns that was loaded went off accidentally and shot Michael
Bennet, son to Capt. William Bennet. . .


Generic Title Boston News Letter 
Date 1767.05.28 
Publisher Draper, Richard 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1767 
Bibliography B0010043
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