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BEP(F.762.042
20 Sep 1762:31 (1411)
Boston, September 20. . . And on Thursday last, being the
day appointed by his Excellency the Governor for a public
rerejoicing[sic] on occasion of the reduction of the
Havannah: In the forenoon the Company of Cadets commanded
by Col. Jarvis, were mustered, and guarded his Excellency
the Governor, accompanied by the members of the Honorable
his Majesty's Council, and the House of Representatives,
from the Court-House to the public lecture, to express their
gratitude to heaven on this joyful occasion, where a sermon
well adapted thereto was preach'd by the Rev. Dr. Sewall,. .
. [5th line] At one o'clock the bells of the town were
rung, and continued ringing the remainder of the day; the
guns at Castle William, the batteries in this town and
Charlestown, as also those on board the ships in the harbour
were discharged: In the afternoon his Excellency the
Governor, with the whole General Court, and a number of the
civil and military officers of the town, were escorted by
the Company of Cadets to Concert-Hall, where his Majesty's
and other loyal healths were drank, and a concert of musick
performed by the gentlemen concerned in the management of
it; in the evening there were illuminations, bonfires, and a
great variety of fireworks played off at the public expence,
in token of joy on this glorious event.
. . . [Two more paras. re celebrations in nearby towns]
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