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NM.766.028
26 May 1766:23,31 (403)
Boston, May 22. Friday last, to the inexpressible joy of
all, we received by Capt. Coffin, the important news of the
repeal of the stamp-act, which was signed by his majesty the
18th March last; upon which the bells in the town were set a
ringing, the ships in the harbour displayed their colours .
. . The morning was ushered in with musick, ringing of
bells, and the discharge of cannon . . . The following lines
were on the four sides of the next apartment, which referred
to the emblematical figures on the lower story, the whole
supported by a large base of the doric order.
O thou whom next to heav'n we most revere,
For liberty! thou lovely Goddess hear!
Have we not woo'd thee, won thee, held thee long,
Lain in thy lap and melt on thy tongue:
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