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SCAGG.771.020
6-13 May 1771:12, 13 (14/656)
Boston, April 4. On Wednesday last, his Excellency Thomas
Hutchinson, Esq., lately appointed Governour of this
Province. . . on invitation from the Corporation of Harvard
College, was pleased to visit that ancient seat of learning.
. . [35-line description of the occasion with a musical
occurrence] There followed an anthem composed, set to
musick, and performed by the young men of the college, viz.
"We have heard with our ears, O Lord, and our fathers have
told of thy might! Thy wonders which thou didst of old; how
thou didst drive the heathen from amongst them!" . . . [23
more lines of the text of the anthem and 7 more lines of
description of the event.]
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