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BEP(F.765.043
11 Nov 1765:12-13 (1574)
Portsmouth, N. Hampshire,. . . Nov. 4. Friday last being
the first of November the day on which the fatal and never-
to-be-forgotten Stamp-Act was intended to take place, the
morning began with tolling all the bells in this town, and
at Newcastle, Greenland, Kittery, &c. the colours on board
the shipping in the harbour. . . [5 lines up from bottom of
12:] --The procession began from the State House, attended
by a great concourse of people of all ranks, with 2 unbrac'd
drums, and after marching through the principal streets, it
passed the parade, on which minute guns were fired, and
continued till the corps arrived at the place of interment.
. . a funeral oration was pronounced greatly in favor of the
deceas'd, which was hardly ended before the corps was taken
up,. . . the inscription was immediately altered, and then
appeared to be Liberty revived -- and the Stamp-Act was
thrown into the grave and buried,--at which the bells
immediately altered their melancholy to a more joyful sound,
and the greatest pleasure and satisfaction were diffused
into every countenance. . .
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