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NLS.763.006
1 Jul 1763:13 (256)
London, May 14. . . Extract of a letter from Guilford, May
6. This morning on the receipt of the agreeable news of
John Wilkes, Esq: being discharged from his confinement in
the tower, the bells of this town, famous for its loyal and
constitutional principles, rang a peal to liberty. . .
Extract of a letter from Exeter, May 7. On Thanksgiving Day
here, scarcely three of our churches, out of fourteen, had
their bells ringing, and over most of the church doors hung
Apples dressed up in Crape, with this instruction, "Excise
the first Fruits of Peace."
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