| Index Entry | Drums, in Bencoolen, beat to arms for fire in magazine |
| Location | Bencoolen |
| Citation | FC.783.002 1 Sep 1783:31 (1/1) London, June 20. Extract of a letter from an Officer in the East-India Company's service, dated Bencoolen, April 13, 1783. . . [narrative of lightening strike on magazine.] At length I saw a light in the fort, which increased very fast, and a serjeant came running to acquaint me, that the Seapoy barracks had taken fire, and immediately after the drums beat to arms. . . |
| Generic Title | Freeman's Chronicle |
| Date | 1783.09.01 |
| Publisher | Webster, Bavil |
| City, State | Hartford, CT |
| Year | 1783 |
| Bibliography | B0016595 |