Citation - American Weekly Mercury: 1733.06.28

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Index Entry Kettle drums, in Versailles, in funeral procession of M de Bellefonds 
Location Versailles 
Citation
AWM.733.019
21-28 Jun 1733:21 (704)
Paris, March 14 . . . Monsieur de Bellefonds, Brigadier and
Lieutenant of the Life-Guards, died at Versailles the 8th
instant; and the next day he was interred at the Old Parish-
church there, when all the martial funeral honours were paid
him, that were due to his post; all the officers of the Guet
of the Life-Guards, . . . [2 lines] accompanying the corpse,
with the trumpets and kettle-drums, and a large detachment
of the Life-Guards, who according to custom made a triple
discharge of their arms at the grave.


Generic Title American Weekly Mercury 
Date 1733.06.28 
Publisher Bradford, Andrew 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1733 
Bibliography B0000910
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