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NP.777.026
14-21 Jul 1777:23 (4/199)
[On celebrating the 4th of July]
In the afternoon an elegant dinner was prepared for
Congress, to which were invited the President and Supreme
Executive Council, and Speaker of the Assembly of this
state, the general officers and colonels of the army, and
strangers of eminence, and the members of the several
continental boards in town. The Hessian band of music,
taken in Trenton the 26th of December last, attended and
heightened the festivity with some fine performances suited
to the joyous occasion, while a corps of British deserters,
taken into the service of the continent by the state of
Georgia, being drawn up before the door, filled up the
intervals with [ ] Each toast was followed by a discharge
of artillery and small arms, and a suitable piece of music
by the Hessian band . . . The evening was closed with the
ringing of bells, . . .
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