Citation - Pennsylvania Chronicle: 1769.02.20

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Index Entry Fifers, in Boston, played on Sunday, selectmen request it to cease 
Location Boston 
Citation
PC.769.032
13-20 Feb 1769:292 (110)
Boston. . . Dec. 31.  Yesterday the selectmen, waited upon
General Pomeroy, to acquaint him that the music of the fife,
&c. on the Sabbath, was very disagreeable to the
inhabitants, and might have an ill effect upon the younger
and more thoughtless part of the community, with respect to
the observance of that day; and as they apprehended it
contrary to law, they expressed their hopes and desires that
it might be omitted for the future, as they had taken notice
it had sometimes been in stormy weather; . . . 


Generic Title Pennsylvania Chronicle 
Date 1769.02.20 
Publisher Goddard, William 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0033459
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