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NYWJ.735.016
20 Oct 1735:41 (102)
New-York. On Saturday the 11th of this month, being the
anniversary of their Majesty's coronation, the elected
magistrates with a considerable number of merchants and
gentlemen, not dependents on ___ made a very handsom
entertainment in honour of the day, for Rip Van Dam, esq;
President of his Majesty's Council, Matthew Norris, Esq;
Commander of his Majesty's ship Tartar, and Capt. Compton
commander of his Majesty's ship Seahorse, at the house of
Mr. John De Honeur in this city, at noon the company met and
while the great guns of his Majesty's ship Tartar were
firing, they drank the following healths, the King, the
Queen, the Prince, Duke, and Royal Family, the Prince, and
Princess of Orange, the glorious and immortal memory of King
William the third; success to Coll. Morris, in his
undertakeings, to a speedy election of a new assembly,
prosperity to the Corporation, my Lord Wiloughton Duke of
Dorset, Sir John Norris and General Compton, and then the
company din'd, in the evening the city was illuminated, the
afternoon and evening were spent with all the joy and
dancing suitable to the occasion.
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