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AWM.737.017
31 Mar-7 Apr 1737:11 (901)
London, November 20. Yesterday being her highness the
Princess of Wales's birth-day, there was a most splendid
appearance at court. . . [1/2 column, list of nobles and
Royals who came.] But their Royal Highnesses the Duke, the
Princess Amelia, and Caroline, [ ]'d to the ball at night.
Nov. 23. Last Friday night, their Royal Highnesses the
Duke, the Princess Amelia, Mary and
[ ] came to St. James's to the ball; her Royal Highness
the Princess Caroline did not return with
[ ] staying with her Majesty at Kensington. The ball was
open'd by his Royal Highness the Duke, with the Princess of
Wales; then his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales danced
with her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, ; and then
the Prince of Wales danced with the Princess Amelia; then
the young Princesses danced minuets, and several of the
nobility, for about an hour; when his Royal Highness the
Duke began country dances, with Lady Caroline Cavendish,
eldest daughter of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the
Princesses Amelia, Mary and Louise, did not dance, but sat
and look'd on the company; and the ball broke up at one.
. . . [1 1/2 columns with great detail on clothing worn.]
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