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EG.770.002
6-13 Feb 1770:1163,1164 (2/81)
Williamsburgh, January 3. On Wednesday evening the Hon. the
Speaker, and gentlemen of the House of Burgesses, gave a
ball at the Capitol 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,
was 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 assemblies of American ladies would exhibit
a like example of public virtue and private oeconomy, so
amiably united.
Not all the gems that sparkle in the mine,
Can make the fair with so much luster shine.
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