Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1760.12.05

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Index Entry Anthem, sung in Halifax, by orphans for funeral of Governor Lawrence 
Location Halifax 
Citation
NHG-P.760.051
5 Dec 1760:22 (218)
Halifax, November 1.  On Sunday the 19th ultimo, (to our
inexpressible grief) died of an inflammation in the lungs,
after an illness of seven days, his Excellency Charles
Laughton, Governor of this Province; . . . [14 lines on the
funeral procession]
The Corpse was preceded near the Church by the orphans
singing an anthem. . . [4 paragraphs on other mourning
ceremonies]


Generic Title New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth 
Date 1760.12.05 
Publisher Fowle, Daniel 
City, State Portsmouth, NH 
Year 1760 
Bibliography B0023460
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