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BNL.721.006
8-12 Jun 1721:21 (902)
Paris, Feb. 21. On the 15th instant, when the King received
the compliments of the nobility, on occasion of his birth-
day, the Marquis de Villeroy communicated a letter to his
Majesty, which came from Nismes, and gave an account of a
very unequal marriage, between one John Grapingeon of 112
years of age, and a young girl named Henrietta Louisa of 12;
which was celebrated in the presence of abundance of gentry,
with great rejoycings. The bridegroom and his brother, who
was but 4 years younger, dancing thereat with such agility,
as gained the applause of the whole company.
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