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NYM(G.766.031
16 Jun 1766:22, 23 (764)
Philadelphia, June 12. On Wednesday, the 4th instant, a
large number of reputable inhabitants of Philadelphia, the
northern liberties, district of Southwark, &c. in pursuance
of a previous agreement, met on the banks of the River
Schuylkill, to celebrate the King's birth-day, and to
testify their gratitude to his majesty and parliament, for
their condescension in repealing the stamp-act. . . About
the same hour, the Old White Oak Barge, upwards of 40 feet
long, fixed in a cradle, on 4 wheels in the same manner
ornamented; a number of reputable ship-carpenters, with
their oars, and several musicians, with the instruments of
music, being seated under a canopy, were drawn through the
most public streets in the city, by seven stately horses,
the music playing. . . Several songs were interspersed
throughout the whole, and concluded with "Fame, let thy
trumpet sound," &c.
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