Citation - Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green): 1783.09.04

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Index Entry Drum, in Bencoolen, beat to arms for fire in Seapoy barracks 
Location India 
Citation
MG-A(G.783.020
4 Sep 1783:12 (1912)
Extract of a letter from an Officer in the East India
Company's service, dated Bencoolen, Ap. 13, 1783. . .
[narrative of lightening strike on magazine.]
At length I saw a light in the fort, which increased very
fast, and a serjeant came running to acquaint me, that the
Seapoy barracks had taken fire, and immediately after the
drums beat to arms. . .


Generic Title Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green) 
Date 1783.09.04 
Publisher Green, F. and S. 
City, State Annapolis, MD 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0020396
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