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BNL.762.022
17 Jun 1762:41 (3025)
[Philadelphia], May 27. On Tuesday, the 18th inst. a public
commencement was held at the college in this city, in the
presence of a learned, polite, and brilliant assembly. . .
In the afternoon two English orations were pronounced: a
syllogistic disputation in Latin succeeded. . . [5 lines] A
Dialogue and Ode, on the accession and nuptials of his
Majesty, closed the whole performance. The Ode as written
and set to music by one of the sons of this institution, and
excellently performed by a sett of gentlemen, who kindly and
generously employed their agreeable talents to do honour to
the occasion.
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