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NYGWPB.770.028
9 Apr 1770:22 (1423)
. . . [In an extract of a letter from Boston] On the 5th in
the evening, two soldiers were attack'd and beat, and the
town's people, agreeable to their plan, broke open two
meeting houses, and rang the alarm bells, which was supposed
to be for fire. Soon after some of the guard came to Capt.
Preston, who was captain of the day, and informed him, the
inhabitants were assembling to attack the troops, that the
bells were ringing for that purpose, and not for fire. . .
[10 more paragraphs describing the confrontation.]
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