Citation - Pennsylvania Chronicle: 1768.01.25

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Index Entry Choir, in London, Westminster Abbey, at burial of Duke of York 
Location London 
Citation
PC.768.017
18-25 Jan 1768:2124 (1/54)
London. . . Nov 4.  Last night the body of his Royal
Highness Edward Duke of York and Albany, was privately
interred in the royal vault . . . [9 lines, funeral
procession:]
  Drums and trumpets, sounding a solemn march, with banners
attached to them, adorned with naval trophies, the drums
covered with black.
  The Serjeant Trumpeter. . . [50 lines]
  At the entrance of the Westminster Abbey, within the
church, the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the Choir,
received the body. . . and so proceeded, singing, into King
Henry the Seventh's chapel. . .


Generic Title Pennsylvania Chronicle 
Date 1768.01.25 
Publisher Goddard, William 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0033399
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