To: tubebender
What was the average size of a city family back then? This might approach one gun per city-dwelling family that was turned in to the Brits.
To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
What was the average size of a city family back then? This might approach one gun per city-dwelling family that was turned in to the Brits.Good point. Another way to say it might be 1 gun for every adult male in Boston in 1775--that was turned in. They probably kept two more at home that General Gage needn't not know about...
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07/12/2002 6:02:57 PM PDT by
Pharmboy
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