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NHG-P.770.062
16 Nov 1770:22,23 (735)
Williamsburg, In Virginia, October 18, 1770. On Monday the
15th instant about one o'clock in the morning, departed this
life, universally lamented throughout this colony, his
Excellency the Right Honourable Norborne Baron de Botetourt,
his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, General and Commander in
Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and
Vice-Admiral of the same.
. . . [41 lines describing the funeral procession]
At the western gate the corpse was removed from the
hearse, and carried by eight bearers, the gentlemen
appointed supporting the pall, placed in the centre of the
church, on a carpet of black. The altar pulpit, and his
Excellency's seat, were likewise hung with black. Then the
service began, & an anthem accompanied by the organ, was [
] conducted by Mr. Woolls. the Rev. and Hon. the Commissary
then delivered a discourse, from Psalm xlii, part of the 7th
verse, Put thy trust in God; . . . [15 lines, 2 lines
describing the service]
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