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NYM(G.770.152
22 Oct 1770:31 (991)
Thursday last the Tweed Frigate, Capt. Collier, arrived here
from Portsmouth, in 7 weeks and 4 days, with his Excellency
John, Earl of Dunmore, our Governor:He came up from the ship
in the barge, and landed at Whitehall, (under a discharge of
17 cannon from the fort) where he was received by his Honour
Lieut. Governor Colden, the members of his Majesty's
Council, the Mayor and Corporation, the clergy, and most of
the principal gentlemen of this city, and conducted to Fort
George, where he was congratulated on his arrival to his
government. . . [14 lines describe the next day's inaugural
ceremony and banquet] In the evening there was a ball, and
the city handsomely illuminated.
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