| Index Entry | Drummed out of regiment, ex-soldier raped wife of employer |
| Location | Falmouth |
| Citation | EG.774.028 13-20 Sep 1774:23 (7/321) Falmouth, Casco-Bay, August 1774. The following melancholy affair happened in this town, between the hours of one and four in the morning of the 20th instant, viz. A soldier, having been drummed out of a regiment at New-York, came here and hired himself to Mr. Staples; . . . [16 lines follow on a rape of Mrs. Staples by said soldier.] |
| Generic Title | Essex Gazette |
| Date | 1774.09.20 |
| Publisher | Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer |
| City, State | Salem, MA |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0016268 |