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NHG-P.762.064
22 Oct 1762:21, 22 (316)
Boston, October 18. Last Friday evening the Province Ship
King George, Capt. Hallowell, arrived here from
Newfoundland, with the agreeable news of the retaking of St.
John's by Col. Amherst, on the 18th of September last.
. . . [77 lines, 26 lines of a chronological listing of
events]
18th. In the morning an officer with two drums came out of
the fort, beating the Chamade, and about noon the garrison
surrendered themselves prisoner of war. . . Le Compte de
Hosson Ville, and the other officers and men amounted to up
wards of 700. . . among which were five companies of
Grenadiers. . . [47 more lines]
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