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BEP(F.772.022
6 Apr 1772:12 (1906)
London, St. James's, February 8, 1772. This morning between
the hours of 6 and 7, her Royal Highness the Princess
Dowager of Wales departed this life, to the great grief of
their Majesties and all the Royal Family. . . Upon the
above melancholy occasion, St. Paul's great bell, on which
the clock strikes was tolled from 11 to past 12 o'clock,
when the clapper, which weighed upwards of an 100 lb.
weight, broke into two pieces, and of course the tolling
ceased, which was to have continued until one o'clock. The
playhouses, the opera-houses, and places of public
diversions will be shut up for some time. . .
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