Citation - Connecticut Journal: 1770.05.25

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Index Entry Anthem, American, sung in New Haven after spinning party 
Location New Haven 
Citation
CJ-NH.770.014
25 May 1770:42 (136)
Last Wednesday 45 daughters of liberty met in the morning at
the house of the Rev. Mr. Morehead, in this town; in the
afternoon they exceeded fifty.  by the evening of said day
they had spun 232 skeins of yarn, some very fine, their
labour and materials were all generously given the worthy
pastor. . . [10 more lines] Their entertainment, was wholly
American production, excepting a little wine, &c. . . [10
more lines] The whole was concluded with many agreeable
tunes, anthems and liberty songs, with great judgment and
fine voices perform'd and animated on this occasion, in all
their several parts, by a number of the sons of liberty.


Generic Title Connecticut Journal 
Date 1770.05.25 
Publisher Green, Thomas and Samuel 
City, State New Haven, CT 
Year 1770 
Bibliography B0014739
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