| Index Entry | Bell, in Courland, rung by Russian troops to force citizens to make oaths |
| Location | Courland |
| Citation | PG-P.763.012 12 May 1763:21 (1794) Hague, February 25. Mittau, in Courland, Jan. 23. Yesterday Duke Ernestus John de Biren made his publick entry here. The magistrates and the guard of burghers refused to assist at this ceremony, or to take the oaths to him, till they were compelled to do it by the Russian troops in the town, who, to strike the greater terror, rung the tocsin, or alarm bell. |
| Generic Title | Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia |
| Date | 1763.05.12 |
| Publisher | Franklin, B., and D. Hall |
| City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
| Year | 1763 |
| Bibliography | B0036530 |