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BG.758.051
18 Sep 1758:23 (181)
Philadelphia, Septem.7. . . The curious fire-works, proposed
to be played off on Thursday evening last, as a rejoicing
for the reduction of the Island of Cape-Breton, and its
dependencies, to the obedience of his Britannick Majesty,
were obliged to be deferred, on account of the weather, till
Monday evening, when they were exhibited in the following
manner from a floating castle, erected on stages on the
River Delaware, having a tower on the right, with three tier
of guns, and the inscriptions Boscawen and Amherst thereon;
also a tower on the left, with the inscriptions Hardy and
Wolfe;. . . [9 lines]
1. A rocket was fired from the Castle as a signal. . .
9. Musick. . .
13. A flaming Indian, armed, coming out of Whitmore's Gate,
with a motto from his mouth, Britons strike home, the bells
chiming, and the band of musick playing Britons Strike Home.
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