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RNYG.778.046
3 Jun 1778:31 (175)
Philadelphia. May 22. On Monday the 18th inst. a superb
entertainment called the Meschianza, was given by some
officers of the army, to their General, the Hon. Sir William
Howe, before his departure for England. The various
amusements, consisted of a Regatta, Fete Champetre, with
Tilts and Tournaments, and a procession through two
triumphal arches, constructed with naval and military
attributes and their devices, succeeded by a grand
exhibition of fire-works, and a ball; the whole concluded
with a sumptuous entertainment prepared for the occasion, in
a magnificent room of 190 feet in length, with 400 covers,
illuminated with lustres and branches consisting of 700
tapers; the company were attended by Mutes in oriental
dresses.
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