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PP-L.778.015
27 May 1778:31
Lancaster, May 27. On Sunday last the remains of His
Excellency Thomas Wharton, Junior, Esquire, President of the
Supreme Executive Council of the Common-wealth of
Pennsylvania, Captain-General and Commander in Chief, in and
over the same was interred in the Evangelical Trinity-
Church, in this borough.
. . . [Details on funeral arrangements follow.]
The Bier being taken up, the procession moved forward in the
following order, to wit:
Two Serjeants with arms reversed.
Lieutenant and Ensign.
Band of Music.
Fifes and Drums.
Soldiers-- in four divisions, ten deep, arms reversed.
. . . [Rest of procession listed.]
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