Citation - Independent Ledger: 1780.10.23

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Index Entry Drummers, in Philadelphia, in procession for effigy of Benedict Arnold 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
IL.780.026
23 Oct 1780:11,12 (3/124)
Philadelphia, Oct. 4 . . . [Following attempt to betray West
Point, Benedict Arnold's letter, a parade condemning the
treason, description of effigies followed in column 2 by]
The procession began about four o'clock, in the following
order: 
Several gentlemen mounted on horseback, 
A line of Continental Officers, 
Sundry gentlemen in a line, 
A guard of the city infantry. 
Just before the cart. Drums and Fifes playing the Rogues
March. 
Guards on each side. . . [5 lines]


Generic Title Independent Ledger 
Date 1780.10.23 
Publisher Draper and Folsom 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0018227
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