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PG-P.771.018
11 Jul 1771:11 (2220).
College of Philadelphia, June 28, 1771. This being the day
appointed for the anniversary commencement in the college of
this city, the trustees, at half an hour past nine o'clock,
proceeded from the Apparatus-Room to the Public Hall,
followed by the Provost, Viceprovost and professors, with
the different candidates in their gowns; the band of music
belonging to the Twenty-first Regiment (or Royal North-
British Fusileers playing during the whole procession.
After prayers by the Provost, and an anthem by some of the
young gentlemen, . . . [12 lines and then in a list of the
procession:]
4. A piece of music, by the band. . . . [17 lines concluding
morning ceremonies].
Afternoon.
1. An anthem, accompanied by the organ. . . [4 lines]
4. A poem on science, by Mr. Benjamin Duffield. . . [14
lines]
6. A pastoral dialogue, by Messeurs Samuel Arthur and John
Parks, with an ode set to music, and sung by Mr. Benjamin,
accompanied with the organ, &c. . . . [5 lines]
8. A piece of instrumental music. . . . [74 lines conclude].
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