Citation - Massachusetts Spy-Boston: 1772.09.17

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Index Entry Assembly, in London, given by Negroes to celebrate Somerset victory 
Location London 
Citation
MS-B.772.066
17 Sep 1772:1183 (2/83)
London, June 30. . . On Monday near 200 blacks, with their
ladies, had an entertainment at a public house in
Westminster, to celebrate the triumph which their brother
Somerset had obtained over Mr. Stewart his master.  Lord
Mansfield's health was ecchoed round the room and the whole
concluded with a ball.  The tickets for admittance into this
black assembly were five shillings each.


Generic Title Massachusetts Spy-Boston 
Date 1772.09.17 
Publisher Thomas, I. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1772 
Bibliography B0021530
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