Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1766.07.11

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Index Entry Bagpipe, in London, not played for repeal of Stamp act, biblical paraphrase 
Location London 
Citation
VGW(HU.766.056
11 Jul 1766:21 (790)
From the London Chronicle.
The first book of Marks.
Chap. 1. 
. . . [report on repeal of Stamp Act in metaphor of bible
passage, 19 verses]
20.  And when they had heard all that was done, they were
exceeding joyful, and gladness appeared in their eyes, and
they spake forth their praise with tongues of gladness.
21.  And behold the musick in the steeples, and on the
cleavers, and on the parchments were heard through every
street, and every alley and court.
22.  And the instruments of wind, and the fiddle, were also
heard; but the bagpipe was not heard all the day long. . .


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) 
Date 1766.07.11 
Publisher Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1766 
Bibliography B0048291
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