Citation - Georgia Gazette (Johnston): 1775.09.20

GG(J.775.032
20 Sep 1775:12 (624)
Philadelphia, July 23.  By a letter from Cambridge, dated
the 12th instant, we are informed, that a gentleman, who got
out of Boston two days before, says the inhabitants were
numbered and amounted to 6573; the soldiers, with their
women and children, to 13,600; 300 Tories are chosen to
patrol the streets, 49 of a night; very sickly, from 1- to
30 funerals a day, and no bells allowed to toll.