Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1758.09.07

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Index Entry Band of music, in Philadelphia, played Britons Strike Home [t] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PG-P.758.037
7 Sep 1758:31,32 (1550)
. . . [22 lines, description of fireworks set off in
celebration of the victory at Cape-Breton.]
3. George Rex, with a flaming flag on the citadel, saluted
with 21 guns, and three cheers, the bells ringing God save
the King. . . [10 lines]
7. A number of rockets played, as feu de joye.
8. The horizontal wheel in Whitmore's gate, the
perpendicular wheel on the citadel.
9. Musick.
10. A swarm of rockets from the tower Wolfe.
. . . [2 lines]
12. A number of rockets played, as feu de joye.
13. A flaming Indian, armed, coming out of Whitmore's gate,
with a motto from his mouth, Britons Strike Home, the bells
chiming, and the band of musick playing Britons Strike Home.
. . . [2 more scenes.]


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1758.09.07 
Publisher Franklin, B., and D. Hall 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1758 
Bibliography B0036286
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