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NYG(B.734.026
4-11 Nov 1734:41 (472)
New York, On Tuesday the 30th of October last, the
Anniversary of his Majesty's birth-day was observed here
with the usual solemnity.
Between the hours of eleven and twelve in the fore-noon,
his Excellency, our Governour, was attended at his house in
Fort-George by the Council Assembly, Merchants, and other
Principal Gentlemen and Inhabitants of this and the adjacent
places. The Independent Companies posted here being under
arms, and the cannon round the ramparts firing while his
Majesty's, the Queen's, the Prince's, the Royal Families,
and their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of
Orange's healths were drank; and then followed the healths
of his Grace the Duke of New-Castle, of the Duke of Grafton,
of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, and many other
Royal Healths. In the evening the whole city was
illuminated, his Excellency and Lady gave a splendid ball
and supper at the Fort, where was the most numerous and fine
appearance of Ladies and Gentlemen that had ever been known
upon the like occasion. And it was no small addition to the
general joy and satisfaction of the day that Capt. Bryant
from London arrived in the fore-noon, who brought us the
welcome news of the health of the King, the Queen, and all
the Royal Family; and that the Kingdom enjoyed at present
all the blessings of peace, plenty, and a flourishing trade
under his Majesty's most glorious and auspicious
administration.
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