| Index Entry | Ball, in Florence, for girls receiving portions from court |
| Location | Florence |
| Citation | VGW(HU.767.048 11 Jun 1767:11 (838) Florence, March 7. On the 24th ult, the hundred girls, who were to receive each a marriage portion from the Chamberlains of the Court, set out from St. Paul's Hospital about ten in the morning, all uniformly clothed, and were met by their intended husbands in the great square; . . . [6 lines, benediction, entertainment] In the evening there was a ball, and the salon was illuminated with above two thousand wax lights. |
| Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
| Date | 1767.06.11 |
| Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
| City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
| Year | 1767 |
| Bibliography | B0048338 |