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RAG.781.005
5 Apr 1781:32
Newport, arrival of Washington] [Article begins previous
column, which has been torn off.]
. . . Rochambeau met him. . . [10 lines] After he arrived at
General Rochambeau's headquarters, and before dinner the
officers of the several corps came and paid him their
respects: The town ran together to devise a mode in which
they might evidence their joy on the occasion: To illuminate
the town was the result of the meeting: At night the candles
were lighted: Ringing the bells, and every demonstration of
joy marked the evening: About ten the General, a large
number of officers and inhabitants of the town supped with
Baron Viomina, and about eleven he retired to his quarters.
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