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MS-B.772.077
12 Nov 1772:1501,1502 (2/91)
Stockholm. . . August 22. Yesterday being the day when the
form of government, sworn to by the King, the 29th of May,
and by the States, the 1st of June, was to be abolished, and
a new one to be produced in a Plenus Plenorum of all the
Orders, a large detachment of guards was ordered to take
possession of the square where the House of Nobles stands; .
. . [1/2 column describing ceremonies]
After all this ceremony was over, the King stood up and
said, that it was proper to thank Almighty God for his
assistance, in bringing about so happy an event, and pulling
a psalm book out of his pocket, he began to sing the Te
Deum, in which he was accompanied by the Assembly. . .
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