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PJ.766.016
5 Jun 1766:21, 22 (1226)
Boston, May 22. Friday last, to the inexpressible joy of
all, we receive by Capt. Coffin, the important news of the
repeal of the stamp act; which was signed by his majesty the
28th March last; upon which the bells in the town were set a
ringing, the ships in the harbour displayed their colours,
guns were discharged in different parts of the town, and in
the evening were several bonfires . . . The morning was
ushered in with musick, ringing of bells, and the discharged
of cannon . . . On the common the Sons of Liberty erected a
magnificent pyramid, illuminated with 280 lamps . . . The
following lines were on the four sides of the next
apartment, which referred to the emblematical figures on the
lower story, the whole supported by a large base of the
doric order.
O thou whom next to heav'n we most revere,
Fair liberty! thou lovely Goddess hear!
Have we not woo'd thee, won thee, held thee long,
Lain in thy lap and melted on thy tongue:
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