| Index Entry |
Masquerade, in London, demonstration of luxury of the times
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| Location |
London
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| Citation |
VGW(HU.772.107
23 Jul 1772:13 (1095)
London, May 6. The present luxury of the times may be
easily estimated from the Masquerade of last Thursday
evening. Two thousand persons, at two guineas each, make
four thousand guineas; and if we rate the prices of all the
dresses at three guineas each (the money demanded at
Tavistock Street for the use only of a Domino) we shall
immediately see that ten thousand guineas, besides the
expence of chair and coach hire, were lavished on the
entertainment of a single night, while our poor are
absolutely perishing for bread in various parts of the
Kingdom.
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| Generic Title |
Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu)
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| Date |
1772.07.23
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| Publisher |
Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon
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| City, State |
Williamsburg, VA
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| Year |
1772
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| Bibliography |
B0048568
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