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PP-P.772.109
26 Oct 1772:22 (2/53)
Stockholm, August 22. Yesterday being the day when the form
of government, sworn to by the King, the 29th of May, and by
the States the 1st of June, was to be abolished, and a new
one to be produced in a Plenum Plenorum of all Orders, a
large detachment of guards was ordered to take possession of
the square where the house of nobles stands; and the palace
was invested on all sides with troops, and cannon were
placed in the court near the hall where the States were
assembled.
. . . [8 paragraphs on the new form of government and on
acceptance by the nobles]
After all this ceremony was over, the King stood up and
said, that it was proper to thank Almighty God for his
assistance, in bringing about so happy an event, and pulling
a psalm book out of his pocket, he began to sing the Te
Deum, in which he was accompanied by the assembly.
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