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NYM(G.778.038
8 Jun 1778:23 (1389)
Philadelphia, May 22. On Monday the 18th instant, a superb
entertainment called the Meschianza, was given by some
officers of the army to their General, the Hon. Sir William
Howe, before his departure for England. The various
amusements consisted of a regatta, fete champetre with tilts
and tournaments, and a procession through two triumphal
arches, constructed with naval and military attributes and
their devices, succeeded by a grand exhibition of fire-
works, and a ball; the whole concluded with a sumptuous
entertainment prepared for the occasion, in a magnificent
room of 180 feet in length, with 400 covers, illuminated
with lustres and branches consisting of 700 tapers; the
company attended by mutes in oriental dresses.
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