Citation - Newport Mercury: 1764.10.01

NM.764.022
1 Oct 1764:12 (317)
To be seen at Mrs. Cowley's, a curious piece of clock work,
by which the image of a man is made to beat upon a drum to
admiration; his wife by his side dances to the drum, and
calls him cuckold . . . He was the first drummer in the King
of Prussia's army, and has been one in Germany, London and
Boston for ninety years past.  He continues to be seen no
longer than ten days, from ten o'clock in the morning 'till
nine at night.  Newport, Sept. 24, 1764.