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NYJ-N.776.036
11 Apr 1776:31 (1736)
Extract of a letter from Cambridge, dated March 27, 1776.
Among other commodities belonging to the late garrison of
Boston, we have got their orderly book, by which it appears
that General Howe had 7,575 effective men, exclusive of the
staff, so that with marines and sailors, he may be
considered as 10,000 strong. The number of cannon left
behind, amounts to more than 200, about 30 of them good.
The following is a true copy of a ticket printed with red
ink, it was sealed with the crest of the signer's arms, I
suppose. "This ticket, being signed by the subscriber on
the back, will admit one gentleman to the masquerade, at
Concert Hall, on the tenth of March, 1776.--The doors to be
opened at seven o'clock." The subscriber signed the back of
a 10 of clubs, "Rt. Pigot."
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