| Index Entry | Theatre, riding, Burgoyne's, British using churches for secular purposes |
| Location | Newport |
| Citation | PP-L.777.005 31 Dec 1777:21 Providence, December 6.. . . [11 lines] The enemy, we learn, have been for some time busied in removing the pews and pulpit from several meeting houses at Newport, and erecting chimnies therein, for the reception of troops. This is not the first instance of their turning houses of God into dens for thieves-witness Burgoyne's riding theatre &c. |
| Generic Title | Pennsylvania Packet-Lancaster |
| Date | 1777.12.31 |
| Publisher | Dunlap, John |
| City, State | Lancaster, PA |
| Year | 1777 |
| Bibliography | B0039952 |