Index Entry | Ball, in New York, anecdote of American officer's wearing scarlet |
Location | New York |
Citation | IL.778.029 28 Dec 1778:31 (1/29) New-York. . . Anecdote for the Military Gentlemen. At a ball last week in this city, not a mile from Head-Quarters, a lady, well known in the Tory world, seeing an American officer of great merit come in dressed in scarlet--Hey day, says she to some other officer standing near her, I see certain animals will put on the lion's skin. |
Generic Title | Independent Ledger |
Date | 1778.12.28 |
Publisher | Draper and Folsom |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1778 |
Bibliography | B0018132 |