Citation - Essex Gazette: 1774.05.24

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Index Entry Band of music, Cadets, in Boston, in procession, for arrival of General Gage 
Location Boston 
Citation
EG.774.014
17-24 May 1774:1692 (6/304)
Boston, May 23.  [Report of the arrival of the new military
Governor, General Gage in Boston.]
. . . [8 lines follow] At 11 o'clock his Excellency left the
Castle under a discharge of cannon from the Admiral's ship,
and the North and South Batteries; and preceded by the
company of Cadets, with their Band of Music, escorted him up
the wharf and through King-Street, where the different corps
were drawn up, and his Excellency received the standing
salutes of the respective officers as he passed them.
. . . [16 lines follow]


Generic Title Essex Gazette 
Date 1774.05.24 
Publisher Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1774 
Bibliography B0016251
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