| Index Entry | Ball, in New York, anecdote of American officer's wearing scarlet |
| Location | New York |
| Citation | PP-P.778.073 1 Dec 1778:32 ANECDOTE for the Military Gentlemen. At a ball last week in this city, not a mile from Head- Quarters, a lady, well known in the Tory world, seeing an American officer of great merit come in dressed in scarlet-- Hey day, says she to some other officer standing near her, I see certain animals will put on the lion's skin. |
| Generic Title | Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia |
| Date | 1778.12.01 |
| Publisher | Dunlap, John |
| City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
| Year | 1778 |
| Bibliography | B0040361 |