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RAG.777.065
3 Jul 1777:13,21 (25)
Halifax, June 7th, 1777. On Saturday last was performed here
the ceremony of consecrating the colours of the second Royal
Highland Battalion of Emigrants. Early in the morning, the
Battalion was paraded, armed, and accoutred, uniformly, in
the full Highland dress; and at 7 o'clock marched with the
sound of pipes and drums, to the field, behind the Citadel-
Mill, where a small encampment had been pitched for the
occasion. . . The ceremony thus finished, the battalion
marched back to town.--The Grenadiers were detached from the
parade to lodge the colours at the Commandant's quarters,
and the officers repaired to the assembly room, where
breakfast was prepared for a brilliant company of near 200
ladies and gentlemen, who were also entertained with music
and dancing. . .
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