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16 Jan 1772:12 (1068)
London, September 27. The launching of the Grafton
yesterday, at Deptford, was the finest imaginable. Their
Majesties came into the dockyard exactly a quarter before
three o'clock, when the colours on board the yachts and
other ships in the river were immediately put up, and made a
most beautiful appearance, and the ships gave a general
salute. His Majesty went on board, attended by several
persons of distinction, when a band of musick struck up and
played God save great George our King, and other tunes. . .
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