Citation - New York Weekly Journal: 1740.05.05

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Index Entry Drum, in Porto Bello, beat to announce cessation of hostilities to citizens 
Location Porto Bello 
Citation
NYWJ.740.010
5 May 1740:31 (335 [=334])
[Concerning Admiral Vernon in Jamaica]  By accounts from
several places we hear that the Admiral when he took Porto
Bello . . . [4 lines of description] that Admiral having at
his landing sent a drum round the town to proclaim in his
name that the inhabitants might safe return to their houses.
. . [4 more lines]


Generic Title New York Weekly Journal 
Date 1740.05.05 
Publisher Zenger, John Peter 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1740 
Bibliography B0031438
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