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NYGWPB.762.150
4 Nov 1762:22 (1035)
London. August 2. The intemperance of his Cherokee Majesty
and his Chiefs, and the selfish views of the proprietors of
our public gardens, in so plentifully treating them with
strong liquors, give occasion to the considerate, sincerely
to wish them safely shipped off for their own country . . .
[5 lines - a scene at Vauxhall-:] but the press was so
great, so to oblige him to retire, with his Chief, (and many
ladies of the town) into the orchestra, where they
entertained themselves and the gaping multitude, by sounding
the keys of the organ, scraping upon the strings of a
violin, clapping their hands in return for the claps of
applause bestowed upon them, and swallowing, by wholesale,
bumpers of Fro(?)tiniae.
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