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PP-P.782.071
18 Jul 1782:31 (11/912)
Last Monday his Excellency the Minister of France celebrated
the birth of the Dauphin. Seven hundred and fifty persons
were present at the entertainment given on this occasion. A
Te Deum was sung at ten in the morning; In the evening there
was a concert of musick in a room erected for that purpose,
and large enough to contain all invited.
The concert finished at nine o'clock, when the fire works
began, after which a general illumination succeeded, upon an
amphitheatre erected in front of the hotel of the Minister,
and likewise in the groves. At the same time began a very
brilliant ball, which continued until midnight; this was
followed by a supper, served upon seven tables of eighty
covers each. The ball was resumed after supper, and lasted
until 2 o'clock in the morning.
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