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BG.751.012
28 May 1751:12,13 (1628)
Boston. Wednesday last, in consequence of an appointment
from his Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Commander in
Chief, and the honourable his Majesty's Council, publick
notice was taken of the death of his late Royal Highness
Frederick Prince of Wales. At nine of the clock in the
morning, all the bells in town began to toll, and continued
tolling till ten (the colours on board all the ships in the
harbour being displayed) at which time the
Lieutenant-Governour, with the members of his Majesty's
Council, the late speaker of the House of Representatives,
the officers civil and military, and a numerous train of
other gentlemen, all in deep mourning, went in procession
from the Council-Chamber to the Old South Meeting House:
They were preceded by the Governour's Company of Cadets,
under the command of Col. Pollard, in military mourning, and
with arms reversed, the drums, colours and officers staves
covered with black, at the company's expence. The march was
solemn, and the streets and windows of the houses were
thronged with spectators, silent, and with sorrow in their
countenances. . . [11 lines] and a considerable time after,
the guns from his Majesty's Castle William, his Majesty's
ship Success and forts of Boston and Charlestown, were fired
in a manner proper for funeral solemnities. . . [another ca.
25 lines]
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