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MG-A(G.774.007
17 Feb 1774:11 (1484)
Petersburgh, October 12. On Sunday last, the day appointed
for the celebration of the nuptials of their Imperial
Highnesses, the four first classes of the nobility assembled
in the Casan Church, and the streets were lined by the
guards, and some regiments of foot; and about noon, upon a
signal being given, the procession set out from the Winter-
Palace in the following order, viz.
A troop of horse-guards . . . [9 lines, coaches and
occupants] the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, and the two
Princes of Holstein Gottorp--kettle drums, and trumpets --
sixteen serjeants of the guards on horseback, the marshall
of the court. . . [46 lines, rest of procession, ceremony,
reception,] A ball in the evening concluded the first day's
festivity.
The next morning their imperial highnesses received the
compliments of the nobility and foreign ministers, and in
the evening there was a ball and supper at court. . .
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