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MG-A(G.775.024
7 Sep 1775:21 (1565)
New-York. . . The provincial Congress having resolved that
the cannon should be removed from the battery, a number of
the citizens collected for that purpose last Wednesday
evening. . . [13 lines describing activity, British ship
firing on men.] Soon after this the Asia fired three
cannon, when our drums beat to arms, which alarmed the
inhabitants; when they had assembled, she began a heavy and
smart fire, of nine, eighteen, and twenty-four pounders, . .
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