Index Entry | Horn, ram's, used as weapon in riot over Liberty pole |
Location | New York |
Citation | NYGWPB.770.015 5 Feb 1770:23 (1414) [A 4.5-column piece on the soldiers cutting down the Liberty Pole, and the subsequent riots] A soldier standing to the right of Mr. Sears, drew his bayonet; upon which the latter took a rams horn, and threw it at the former, which struck him in the head, and then the soldiers, except the two that were seized, made off and alarmed others in the barracks. |
Generic Title | New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy |
Date | 1770.02.05 |
Publisher | Parker, James |
City, State | New York, NY |
Year | 1770 |
Bibliography | B0027137 |