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NP.779.028
22 Jun 1779:32, 33 (6/298)
Providence, June 17. Extract of a letter from Fish Kill,
June 8. According his excellency the renowned General Sir
Henry Clinton, set out lately from New York, in company with
a sufficient council of English and Scotch nobility and
gentry . . . to the joy of all good men, answered both those
valuable purposes . . . because the exhibition was as
unexpected to him as it was elegant: In short, the music
was so grand as to invite the whole country, who flocked
from many mile distance, to the dance; and by the time that
a sufficient number arrived; to honour his excellency with
the grand ball at West-Point, and a country dance in the
neighborhood, he unfortunately got so tired and sulky, and
distressed with so much new company, which he was sorry that
he had invited that it is supposed he has, by the advice of
his said council, reserved shortly to repair to his lodgings
in New York.
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