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SCGCJ.766.078
29 Jul 1766:41, 42 (33)
Boston, May 26. . . [report of celebration on arrival of
news of repeal of Stamp-act] upon which the bells in the
town were set a ringing. . . [6 lines, Monday set as day of
celebration.] The morning was ushered in with musick,
ringing of bells, and the discharge of cannon. . . [18
lines, various celebrations, pyramid erected on the common,
with the following lines on it:]
Oh thou whom next to heav'n we most revere,
Fair liberty! Thou lovely Goddess hear!
Have we not woo'd thee, won thee, held thee long,
Lain in the lap, and melted on thy tongue:
. . . [36 more lines
. . . [1/2 column more, very elaborate fireworks, 45 lamps
hung on the Tree of Liberty.]
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