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SG(H.781.018
27 Dec 1781:32 (1/11)
The Rev. Joseph Willard of Beverly, having been elected
President of the University at Cambridge, was on Wednesday
the 9th inst. publicly inducted into that office. [3/4
column describing service, orations, etc.] . . . and the
solemnity was closed by an anthem, well performed by the
young gentlemen of the University. . . [4 lines]
In the evening, the students, to express their joy upon
the occasion, by the leave of their instructors, illuminated
the colleges, which, from the disposition of the lights in a
variety of figures, exhibited a very pleasing and brilliant
appearance.
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