Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New London: 1772.03.27

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Index Entry Dirge, in Dublin, sung by children for funeral of Dr Lucas 
Location Dublin 
Citation
CG-NL.772.020
27 Mar 1772:42 (9/437)
London.  Extract of a letter from Dublin, Nov. 9.  Thursday
after two o'clock, the remains of the late Dr. Lucas, a
citizen in Parliament for Dublin, were carried from his
house in Henry-street, to St. Michan's Church, in the most
solemn and grand manner, preceeded and attended by the most
numerous crowds of people ever known in this Kingdom.
. . . [14 lines on the procession]
Two hundred of the young gentlemen of Trinity College, in
their gowns, two and two.
The children, of St. Michen's Parish, and the children of
the Blue Coat Hospital, singing a solemn dirge.
. . . [Several paragraphs on the mourning procession]


Generic Title Connecticut Gazette-New London 
Date 1772.03.27 
Publisher Green, Timothy 
City, State New London, CT 
Year 1772 
Bibliography B0013997
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