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BEP(F.771.102
30 Sep 1771:31 (1879)
It is matter of great lamentation to many serious persons,
that some measures are not taken to prevent the very many
exhibitions on the fifth of November. In short, for several
years past, it has been a sort of tax upon the inhabitants.
. . [3 more lines] in order to transmit the horrid Powder
Plot to posterity; I dare say it would be agreeable. But, to
have them from every part of the town; and the horns blowing
on evenings for a month preceeding, is over doing the thing
greatly. . . . . . [9 more lines, signed] A Citizen.
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