Citation - Pennsylvania Ledger: 1775.12.30

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Index Entry Drums, in Great Bridge, beat reveille 
Location Great Bridge 
Citation
PL.775.109
30 Dec 1775:12, 13 (49)
Extract of letters from Col. William Woodford to the Hon.
Edmund Pendleton, Esq; President of the General Convention.
A servant belonging to Major Marshal, who deserted the other
night from Col. Scott's party, had compleatly take his
Lordship in. . . [4 lines. The British] dispatched Captain
Leslie with all the regulars (about 200) who arrived at the
bridge about three o'clock in the morning, joined by about
300 black and white slaves, laid planks upon the bridge, and
crossed just after our reveille had beat. . .


Generic Title Pennsylvania Ledger 
Date 1775.12.30 
Publisher Humphreys, James, Jun. 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0039836
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