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NYGWPB.770.020
19 Mar 1770:23,31 (1420)
Boston, March 8. Monday evening the 5th of March, several
soldiers of the 29th regiment were abusive in the street,
with their cutlasses, striking a number of persons. . . [4
lines] presently ten or twelve soldiers came from the
barracks with their cutlasses drawn, but not being able to
get thro' the alley, they went down towards the square, and
came up to Cornhill, when a scuffle ensued, some seeing the
naked swords flourishing, ran and set the bells a ringing:
This collected the people, who at length made the soldiers
retire to their barracks. . . [46 lines] This most shocking
transaction alarmed the people,---the bells were set a
ringing---and all the inhabitants that were able, assembled
at the place where the murder was committed. . . [21 lines]
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