Citation - Pennsylvania Evening Post: 1775.08.29

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Index Entry Drum, in New York, beat for alarm for British cannonade 
Location New York 
Citation
PEP.775.056
29 Aug 1775:3852 (1/94)
New-York, August 28.  The Provincial Congress having
resolved that the cannon should be removed from the Battery,
a number of the citizens collected for that purpose last
Wednesday evening;
. . . [Description of removal]
Soon after this, the Asia fired three cannon, when our drums
beat to arms, which alarmed the inhabitants; . . . 


Generic Title Pennsylvania Evening Post 
Date 1775.08.29 
Publisher Towne, Benjamin 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0033812
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