Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1760.05.19

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Index Entry Drummers, in Antigua, in procession, for funeral of Crump 
Location Antigua 
Citation
NYGWPB.760.030
19 May 1760:12 (906)
Antigua, April 10.  On the 27th day of last month the corpse
of the late General Crump, was interr'd with due military
honours,
. . . [Description of ceremonies and salutes before the
procession]
Procession. An advanced guard of an officer and sixty men
with arms, and order of march reversed. Flutes, fifes,
drums, &c. covered with black, and otherwise properly
dressed.
. . . [1 column follows on burial ceremonies and description
of the battle at which he was killed]


Generic Title New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy 
Date 1760.05.19 
Publisher  
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1760 
Bibliography B0026614
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