| Index Entry | Fifers, played Thro' the Wood Laddie [t] as convicts boarded ship |
| Location | London |
| Citation | CC-H.766.027 11 Aug 1766:22 (85) London, Apr. 22. Last week as the convicts were passing along to the water side, in order to be shipped for America, with fifes playing before them, Thro' the Wood Laddie, &c. a gentleman looking observed to another, that they were very joyous,which a droll fellow, a convict, replied, "Joyous! aye so we are, master; and if you will be go along with us, you will be quite transported." |
| Generic Title | Connecticut Courant |
| Date | 1766.08.11 |
| Publisher | Green, Thomas |
| City, State | Hartford, CT |
| Year | 1766 |
| Bibliography | B0012281 |