Document: Council minutes, April 24, 1775

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New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1895-78_V026_11
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A mob has seized arms lodged in the city hall and the public powder house. Rioters will hold a meeting. Judges of the supreme court, mayor and recorder, and field officers of the militia called to join the council. Captain Benjamin C. Paine, 18th regiment, writes that the mob intend to attack Fort George. Present disorders said to be the consequence of what happened at Boston. Council cannot advise any further measures.

Document Date
1775-04-24
Document Date (Date Type)
1775-04-24
Document Type
Seizure
Document Type Unlinked
Seizure
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New York Colony Council minutes (Series A1895)
Box
18
Volume
26
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https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/85122