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NG.779.012
5 Aug 1779:22 (3/130)
Philadelphia, July 7. . . On Sunday last, being the
anniversary of the Independence of America, his Excellency
the President and the Honourable the Members of Congress
attended divine worship in the forenoon in Christ-Church. .
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At noon the President and Members of Congress, with the
President and chief magistrates of this state, and a number
of other ladies and gentlemen, went by invitation from the
honourable the Minister of France, to the Roman Catholic
Chapel, where the great event was celebrated by a well
adapted discourse, pronounced by the Minister's Chaplain,
and Mass and Te Deum, solemnly sung by a number of very good
voices, accompanied by the organ and other kinds of musick.
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