Citation - Newport Mercury: 1783.04.26

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Index Entry Band of music, in Newport, in procession for proclamation of peace 
Location Newport 
Citation
NM.783.021
26 Apr 1783:22 (1126) 
Yesterday being the time fixed for the publishing the
Proclamation of Peace in this town, the day was ushered in
by the ringing of bells and firing of cannon.  At eleven
o'clock the sheriff of the county, with the civil and
executive officers, and a number of respectable inhabitants,
attended by a Band of Music, moved in procession from the
Coffee-House to the State-House, where the Proclamation was
read . . . 


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1783.04.26 
Publisher Barber, Henry 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0032710
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