Citation - Essex Gazette: 1771.06.11

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Index Entry Ball, in Boston, only officers and no gentlemen present, guarded by soldiers 
Location Boston 
Citation
EG.771.019
4-11 Jun 1771:1831 (3/150)
Boston, Monday, June 10.  We are informed no gentlemen were
present at his Excellency's entertainment on Tuesday last
but crown officers.
We are assured the Concert-Hall on Tuesday evening last was
guarded by ten soldiers!-- A circumstance which has not
taken place in this town since the evening of the 5th of
March 1770, when the horrible massacre was perpetrated.
It is said that the company at Concert Hall on Tuesday
evening did not disperse 'till the morning following.  His -
----- the ------- being the first that moved.


Generic Title Essex Gazette 
Date 1771.06.11 
Publisher Hall, Samuel 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0016097
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