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NYJ-N.768.179
17 Nov 1768:22 (1350)
Boston, October 31. Journal of Occurrences continued. [News
of troops quartered in Boston..In Col.2] All the troops in
town marched into the Common this morning, drumming the dead
beat; at 8 o'clock, Richard Arnes, a private of the 14th
regiment, dressed in white, having just before had the
Sacrament administered to him by the Revd. Mr. Palms,
Chaplain of the regiment, who also accompanied him, was
pusuant to the sentence of a general court martial, shot for
desertion: . . . [17 more lines of description] .
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