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BNL.715.009
21-28 Feb 1715:12,21 (567)
Gurnzey, August 14. . . . [23 lines: Queen's death
mourned; George proclaimed King with a procession] preceded
by the colours and drums of the said regiment. . . [2 lines;
speech of 2 paras.]
His Majesty King George was thereupon immediately and
unanimously proclaimed with the acclamations of a great and
extraordinary number of people, which the solemnity of the
day had gathered together. . . [2 lines] the Lieutenant
Governor, the royal court, clergy and gentlemen, went to a
splendid dinner prepared by order of the said royal court,
where his Majesty's health was drank, as that of his Royal
Highness the Prince, and those of the other Princes and
Princesses of the royal blood, with many other loyal
healths; the bells ringing all day. . . [2 lines]
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