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MS-B.773.031
10 Jun 1773:31 (3/123)
Friday last being the anniversary of his Majesty's birth
day, when he entered the 36th year of his age, the same was
observed here in the following order. In the forenoon the
troop commanded by Col. Phipps; --the company of cadets,
commanded by Col Hancock, with their band of music; --the
militia of the town, commanded by Col. Erving with the train
of artillery, commanded by Major Paddock, --and the company
of grenadiers, commanded by Major Dawes, belonging to the
regiment, with their band of musick, mustered and formed
into a regiment in the common, when the militia went through
their exercise to admiration! . . . [marched through town,
dined, toasts.]
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