Citation - Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia: 1783.05.24

PP-P.783.058
24 May 1783:23 (12/1045)
Extract of a genuine letter from an officer at Guernsey,
dated March 24, 1783.
A most daring mutiny broke out in the 104th regiment,
quartered in Fort George in this island, all Irish.
. . . About twelve o'clock at night, sent a serjeant, with a
drum-major, to summon them to surrender; the moment the drum
began to beat a parley, they fired upon them, when three
shells were thrown over the fort to frighten them;
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