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BEP(F.774.047
26 Sep 1774:22 (2035)
Philadelphia, Sept. 19. On Friday last the honorable
delegates, now met in general Congress, were elegantly
entertained by the gentlemen of this city. Having met at
the City Tavern about 3 o'clock, they were conducted from
thence to the State-House by the managers of the
entertainment, where they were received by a very large
company, composed of the clergy, such genteel strangers as
happened to be in town, and a number of respectable
citizens, making in the whole near 500.--After dinner the
following toasts [32 in number] were drank, accompanied by
music and a discharge of cannon. . . [1 more para]
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