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PEP.779.008
15 Jun 1779:1571, 1572 (5/607)
Poughkeepsie, June 7. Extract of a letter.
. . . "Accordingly his excellency the renowned General Sir
Henry Clinton, set out lately from New York, in company with
a sufficient council of English and Scotch nobility and
gentry
. . . to the joy of all good men, answered both those
valuable purposes
. . . because the exhibition was as unexpected to him as it
was elegant: In short, the music was so grand as to invite
the whole country, who flocked from many miles distance, to
the dance-- And by the time that a sufficient number
arrived; to honor his excellency with the Grand Ball at
West-Point, and a country dance in the neighborhood, he
unfortunately got so tired and sulky, and distressed with so
much new company, which he was sorry that he had invited,
that it is supposed he has, by the advice of his said
council, resolved shortly to repair to his lodgings in New
York."
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