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PP-P.778.003
14 Jul 1778:41
London, March 13. A correspondent acquaints us, that the
baggage of the first Commissioner going out to America, is
making up to be ready for his Lordship next week; and as the
contents are a little curious for a Plenipotentiary, he has
sent us the following particulars of it:
Six dozen of best scented chicken gloves. One dozen bottles
essence of roses. Twelve ditto lavender. Thirty-six pound of
red and white powder. Half a dozen opera glasses. Forty
boxes of pearl coloured powder for the teeth. Three gross of
brushes, ditto. Ninety wardrobe cases for cloaths. Forty
pair of red heeled shoes. One dozen muffs. Twelve dozen best
tooth picks. An Abridgement of the History of America, for
the use of children. Hoyle upon games. Institutes of the
game of Whist. The Calculation of Chances. Two portable
billiard tables. A chest of sweetmeats. Grotius de Jure
Belli et Pacis, in calf. Lord Carlisle's Poems. A wooden
horse to exercise on ship board. Three Italian greyhounds. A
piano forte. And His Secretary.
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