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BPB.766.027
23 Jun 1766:31 (462)
Philadelphia, June 12. On Wednesday the 4th instant, a
large number of reputable inhabitants of Philadelphia, the
Northern Liberties, district of Southward, &c. in pursuance
of a previous agreement, met on the banks of the River
Schuylkill, to celebrate the King's birth-day, and to
testify their gratitude to his majesty and Parliament, for
their condescension in repealing the Stamp-Act. . .About the
same hour, the old white oak barge, upwards of 40 feet long,
fixed in a cradle on 4 wheels, in the same manner
ornamented; a number of reputable ship-carpenters, with
their oars, and several musicians, with their instruments of
musick, being seated under a canopy, were drawn through the
most public streets in the city, by 7 stately horses, the
music playing. . .
Several songs were interspersed throughout the whole, and
concluded with "Fame, Let Thy Trumpet Sound," &c. . .
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