Citation - Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia: 1783.05.27

PP-P.783.061
27 May 1783:22 (12/1046)
Yesterday, being the Festival of St. Patrick, tutelar Saint
of Ireland, and the day appointed for the installation of
the newly created Knights of the Shamrock,
. . . [16 lines on processions]
The cavalcade left the castle between ten and eleven
o'clock, in the following order: a large detachment of
Dragoons, State Trumpets, Battle-Axe Guards, Sword of
State,. . .