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PM.765.020
13 Nov 1765:11,12 (1/43 Extraordinary)
New-York, November 4. The late extraordinary and
unprecedented preparations in Fort George, and the securing
of the stamp'd paper in that garrison, having greatly
alarmed and displeas'd the inhabitants of this city, a vast
number of them assembled last Friday evening in the commons.
. . [3 lines] broke open the stable of the L--t G--r, took
out his coach, and after carrying the same thro' the
principal streets of the city in triumph march'd to the
commons, where a gallows was erected; on one end of which
was suspended the effigy of the person whose property the
coach was; in his right hand he held a stamp'd bill of
lading, and on his breast was affix'd a paper with the
following inscription, The Rebel Drummer in the Year 1715:
At his back was fixed a drum, the badge of his profession. .
. [28 lines, coach and effigy burned.]
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