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MG-A(G.776.018
15 Aug 1776:33 (1614)
The following letter was taken in Capt. Arnard, in the Queen
of England Storeship, addressed to an Officer's daughter
then in this town, dated Cork, September 20th, 1775.
My dear Miss. . . [16 lines] Every day our ears and eyes
are saluted with drums beating, and colours flying for
volunteers, as they call them, with Mr. Cowley at their
head, with a dray and several barrels of beer on it, to
entice the rabble; . . . [6 lines] from hence they marched
in this glorious expedition to Bandon, and some other
constitutional towns; but how can I relate (after eating
some of his late Majesties bread) without wetting my paper
with tears, the indignity that was offered to his Majesty's
forces? Oh shocking! like soldiers discharged for their
crimes, they were drummed out of town! for as fast as they
beat up for the service, these riotous people beat up for
the Americans, but Bandon very generously threw them three
or four pick-pockets to save the trouble of hanging them,
and to purge the town. . .
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