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NYGWPB.751.071
23 Dec 1751:12 (466)
[London, October 4] Paris, Sept. 24. . . [1 paragraph]
Pursuant to the King's gracious intentions signified to all
the corporations of the Kingdom, for a more beneficial
expenditure of the monies design'd for rejoicings on the
birth of the Duke of Burgundy, the magistracy of Paris have
resolved to portion 600 girls with 600 livers each, with a
wedding suit to the bridegroom, and the necessary charges of
the marriage defray'd. . . [1 paragraph]
The life-guards, in the flush of their joy, asked and
obtained his majesty's leave to give a ball in their guard
chamber in Versailles; it was honour'd with the presence of
the royal family, and conducted with great politeness.
This royal birth filled the town of Versailles with a kind
of enthusiasm; for a whole week nothing was to be heard
thereabouts but drums, trumpets, violins, and hautboys,
mixed with the shouts of the several trading and working
companies, incessantly paying their compliments to the King
and the royal family.
Paris, Oct. 8. [1 paragraph]
And we are credibly inform'd, our general farmers are to
sing a Te Deum, and to advance a considerable sum of money
towards the portion of several young maidens upon their day
of marriage, on account of the happy birth of the Duke of
Burgundy.
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