Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1772.04.27

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Index Entry Choir, in London, Westminster Abbey, at burial of Princess Dowager 
Location London 
Citation
NYM(G.772.059
27 Apr 1772:223 (1070)
From the London Gazette, Feb. 16, 1772. Last night the body
of her late Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales,
was interred in the Royal vault in King Henry the Seventh's
Chapel, at Westminster, the body having been privately
conveyed to the Prince's chamber the night before. . .
[detailed information about and diagram of procession] At
the entrance of Westminster Abbey, within the Church, the
Dean and Prebendaries attended by the choir, received the
body. . . [description of the ceremony followed by a report
on the mob's unruly, criminal behaviour at the funeral]


Generic Title New York Mercury (Gaine) 
Date 1772.04.27 
Publisher Gaine, Hugh 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1772 
Bibliography B0030135
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