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BG.770.006
12 Feb 1770:22 (775)
Williamsburgh, (in Virginia) January 3. On Wednesday
evening the Honourable the Speaker, and gentlemen of the
House of Burgesses, gave a ball at the Capital for the
entertainment of his Excellency Ld Bottetourt; and it is
with the greatest pleasure we inform our readers that the
same patriotic spirit which gave rise to the association of
the gentlemen on a late event, as most agreeably manifested
in the dress of the ladies on this occasion, who, to the
number of near one hundred, appeared in homespun gowns; a
lively and striking instance of their acquiescence and
concurrence in whatever may be the true and essential
interest of their country. It were to be wished that all
assembles of American ladies would exhibit a like example of
public virture and private oeconomy, so amiably united.
Not all the gens that sparkle in the mine,
Can make the fair with so much listre shine.
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