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CG-NL.773.032
11 Jun 1773:22,23 (10/500)
Boston, June 7. Friday being the anniversary of His
Majesty's Birth Day, when he enter'd the 36th year of his
age, the same was observed here in the following order, In
the forenoon, the troop commanded by Col. Phipps;--- the
Company of Cadets, commanded by Col. Hancock, with their
Band of Musick;--- the Militia of the town, . . . and the
Company of Grenadiers, commanded by Major Dawes, belonging
to the regiment, with their Band of Musick, mustered and
form'd into a regiment in the Common, . . . The Bands of
Musick belonging to the regiment and Cadets, and Major
Paddock's Fifes and Drums after dinner, were in the
balconies in King Street, and alternately play'd a great
variety of tunes, before a vast number of spectators.
. . . [13 lines on celebrations]
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