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EJMP.776.005
26 Jan 1776:11 (3/108)
We hear the enemy, the evening on which our troops burnt the
houses at Charlestown, were entertaining themselves at the
exhibition of a play, which they called the Blockade of
Boston; in the midst of which a person appeared before the
audience, and with great earnestness, declared that the
Yankees were attacking Bunker's Hill. The deluded wretches,
at first took this to be merely farcical, and intended it as
a part of their diversion: But soon convinced that the actor
meant to represent a solemn reality, the whole assembly left
the house in confusion, and scampered off with great
precipitation.
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