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BEP(P.782.042
15 Jun 1782:21,22,23 (1/35)
West Point, June 1, . . . [2 1/4 column report of
celebration of the birth of the Dauphin. Detailed
description of the Grand "Collonade" which would seat 500
officers and wives.]
At half past five, dinner was on table, to which more
than five hundred ladies and gentlemen sat down. The
entertainment was nobly hospitable, and the fine music which
breathed all the while from the orchestra, added a new
relish to the repast. After dinner, thirteen toasts,
particularly adapted to the festival, were drank, under a
discharge of thirteen cannon each; accompanied with that
martial musick which attunes the soul to rapture, and
inspires the breast with every elevated sentiment . . .
[description of the evening, feu de joie, fireworks]
consisting of rockets wheels, fountains, trees, bee hives,
balloons, star, and fleurs de lis, admirably well
constructed and played off. . . I inclose you a list of the
toasts, and a copy of the song which was sung after dinner,
accompanied by the musick of the band, and I am my dear
friend, &c.
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