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PGCJ.768.056
27 Aug 1768:33 (242)
Boston, August 22. On Monday, the 15th instant, the
anniversary of the ever memorable fourteenth of August, was
celebrated by the Sons of Liberty in this town, with
extraordinary festivity. . . . The music began at high
noon, performed on various instruments, joined with voices;
and concluding with the universally admired American song of
liberty; the grandeur of the sentiment, and the easy flow of
its numbers, together with an exquisite harmony of sound,
afforded sublime entertainment to a numerous audience,
fraught with a noble ardour in the cause of freedom: The
song was closed with the discharge of cannon, and a shout of
joy; . . . [various toasts]
Which being finished, the French-horns sounded; and after
another discharge of the cannon. . . The music played during
the repast. . . [45 toasts]
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