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AWM.732.023
26 Oct-2 Nov 1732:11, 12 (670)
Petersburgh, June 14. . . The Empress returned hither the
4th inst. in good health . . . The day before yesterday
there was a grand feast at the palace, on occasion of the
treaty concluded lately between her Imperial Majesty and the
Sophy of Persia, whereof the Court received the
ratification. That morning the Empress went to the chappel
of the palace, and was present at the Te Deum, which was
sung there under a discharge of the cannon and musketry of a
detachment of the Guards. . . [6 lines] The ambassadors of
China, for whom the court coaches were sent, were also
present, and in the evening there was a ball, which lasted
most part of the night.
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