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BG.766.026
19 May 1766:22 (581)
Extract of another letter from London. . . I should very
well like to be with you in Boston when you have certain
advice of the Repeal of the Stamp-Act,. . . [9 lines]
"We were very merry here on the blessed 18th instant. At
10 o'clock in the morning about 100 American merchants met
at the King's head tavern and breakfasted; from thence we
went to the Parliament house in procession, about sixty
coaches and chariots; . . . [15 lines] in the evening a
number of houses were illuminated, one in particular had 108
candles, it being the first majority in the House of Commons
for the repeal of the Stamp-Act. Mr.---- and ----- went to
Bow Church and set men to ring Bow bells, and after staying
with them about an hour and an half join'd the merchants,
about 100 of whom were at supper at the Half Moon in Cheap
Side, where the Committee of Merchants had a very grand
entertainment prepar'd; many loyal toasts were drank, and
the evening concluded with the greatest pleasure and
satisfaction."
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