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NYGWPB.761.102
20 Aug 1761:22, 23 (972)
[London] June 5. Yesterday being the anniversary of his
majesty's birth, when he entered the 24th year of his age,
the morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells, and the
firing the guns on board the ships in the river; at noon,
the King and the royal family received the congratulations
of the nobility, foreign ministers, &c. There never was a
more brilliant court on any occasion. Such an amazing
number of jewels as the ladies wore for nosegays in their
bosoms, &c. was scarce ever before collected at one time.
Most of their clothes were gold and silver brocades. The
guns in the part and at the tower were discharged at one
o'clock, and in the evening several curious fireworks were
played off on Tower Hill, St. James's Square, Leicester
Fields, Kew, and Richmond, with illuminations in the houses.
There was a grand ball at night at St. James's.
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