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PG-P.754.023
5 Mar 1754:22 (1315)
Annapolis. . . February 21. Sunday last being the birth-day
of the Right Honourable the Lord Baltimore, proprietary of
this province, when he enter'd into the twenty-third year of
his age, the same was observed here on Monday. . . [4 lines,
governor gave entertainment, healths, guns fired, and] in
the evening his Excellency gave a publick ball in the
Council Chamber, where all the loyal healths were repeated;
and the ball lasted 'til two o'clock, at which the ladies
and gentlemen made a gay appearance: There was a large
bonfire made on the common, where a hogshead of punch was
given to the populace, and the greatest part of the town was
beautifully illuminated.
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