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EG.771.012
2-9 Apr 1771:1471 (3/141)
Thursday, April 4. Yesterday his Excellency Thomas
Hutchinson, Esq; lately appointed Governor of this Province,
on an invitation from the Corporation of Harvard College,
was pleased to visit that ancient seat of learning.
. . . [27 lines follow on speeches and ceremony.]
Then followed an Anthem, composed, set to music and
performed by the young gentlemen of the College.
The Words of the Anthem.
We have heard with our ears, O Lord, and our fathers have
told us of thy might!-- Thy wonders which thou didst of old;
how thou didst drive out the heathen from among them!
. . . [17 lines of the anthem follow.]
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