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NYC.769.022
5-8 Jun 1769:462 (1/6)
[London] April 6. A gentleman in Scotland, in a letter to
his friend in London, dated the 9th of March, mentioning
that the ladies and gentlemen in his neighbourhood met at an
inn on the 7th, where the gentlemen entertained the ladies
with a dinner, and a ball in the evening, to express their
joy on the happy decision of the Douglas cause, gives the
following account of some of their proceedings: "As Tuesday
was a Presbytery Day, and the ministers assembled as usual,
it was suggested, that an Act of Indemnity would be a most
suitable circumstance to the occasion; and a petition was
accordingly prepared and addressed to the Reverend
Presbytery, praying, that they would pardon all such persons
as at that time were under prosecution before them on
account of the good natured vices.--The petition was signed
by the ladies and gentlemen, and presented in form.
The answer of the Reverend Presbytery was as follows. The
Presbytery having read and considered the above petition,
are of opinion, that so uncommonly joyful an occasion should
be distinguished by some very extraordinary circumstance;
and whereas a simple act of indemnity was nothing but the
ordinary attendant of common festivity, they without
division, remit it to the consideration of the petitioners,
if it may not to them appear fit to add a clause for an
indulgence also to all the consequences of the good-humour
of the night.
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