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BEP(F.738.009
13 Mar 1738:12 (135)
The sorrowful news of the death of our most gracious Queen
Caroline, being confirmed. . .
Voted, that the proper funeral solemnities be observed on
Thursday the twenty third instant, the governour and council
then to appear in mourning; and that the Rev. Mr. Samuel
Mather. . . be desired to prepare a sermon suitable to this
occasion; and that all the bells of the churches in Boston
be toll'd from eight to eleven a clock in the morning, and
to intermit during the lecture, and to be toll'd from two
after lecture to five a clock in the afternoon, and that his
Excellency be desired to give orders for the discharge of
the ordinance at his Majesty's Castle William in funeral
manner; . . . [7 lines]
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