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NYG(W.763.023
14 Mar 1763:21 (222)
London, Dec. 4. Leedes, Nov. 30 On Thursday the 18th
instant were married at Ealand, John Mason, widower aged 75,
and Elizabeth Armitage, widow, aged 79, of Ealand workhouse,
where they had contracted a very intimate acquaintance.
. . . [5 lines on the wedding ceremony]
After dinner the Bride walked a Minuet with one of the
attendants, as did also the Bridegroom with a young woman of
the neighbourhood; and to shew his extraordinary agility, he
would afterwards divert the company by dancing a hornpipe.
. . . [3 more lines]
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