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BG.770.043
6 Aug 1770:12 (800 Supplement)
Charlestown, South-Carolina, July 5. Previous notice having
been given, that the statue of the Right Hon. William Pitt,
would be got ready to be raised this afternoon; early this
morning all the vessels in the harbour hoisted their
colours, and a flag, with the words Pitt and Liberty, and a
fine branch of laurel above it was displayed at the
scaffolding, upon a staff 45 feet high: . . . [31 lines:]
As soon as this was done, Lord Chatham's health was drank,
26 cannon were discharged by the Artillery Company, three
huzzas succeeded, and St. Michael's bells rang ----Joy sat
on every countenance.--This evening the Club No. 45
consisting of a great body of the principal inhabitants, are
to meet at Messrs. Dilon and Gray's Tavern, where an elegant
entertainment is provided for them, when the following 45
toasts will be drank, viz. . .
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