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PEP.777.122
25 Oct 1777:5131, 5132, 5141, 5142 (3/415)
Halifax, June 7, 1777. On Saturday last was performed here
the ceremony of consecrating the colours of the Second Royal
Highland battalion of emigrants. Early in the morning the
battalion was paraded, armed, and accoutred in the full
Highland dress; and at seven-o'clock marched, with the sound
of pipes and drums, to the field behind the citadel hill,
where a small encampment had been pitched for the occasion.
. . . [4 columns on the ceremony and speeches]
The ceremony thus finished, the battalion marched back to
town. The grenadiers were detached from the parade to lodge
the colours at the commandant's quarters, and the officers
repaired to the assembly room, where breakfast was prepared
for a brilliant company of near two hundred ladies and
gentlemen, who were also entertained with music and dancing.
Dinner was served at four o'clock, and the evening was
concluded in convivial festivity, and the utmost harmony.
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