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NEWJ.736.025
19 Oct 1736:22 (498)
Boston. On Tuesday last in the afternoon, the corpse of the
Honourable Madam Mary Belcher, consort of his Excellency
Jonathan Belcher, Esq; our governour, was entomb'd here with
great respect and honour:. . . All the bells in town were
tolled on this mournful occasion; and during the time of the
funeral procession to the tomb, the half-minute guns began
first at his Majesty's Castle William, which were follow'd
by those on board His Majesty's Ship Squirrel & many other
ships in the harbour, their colours being all day rais'd to
the heigth as usual on such occasions: The streets thro'
which the funeral pass'd, the tops of the houses and windows
on both sides, were crowded with innumerable spectators. . .
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