Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

BLANCHARD's ASCENSION IN HOLLAND.
Hague, July 13, 1785.

YESTERDAY, at a few minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Blanchard ascended in his new balloon, accompanied by the Marquis de Breuilpoint, Captain of the French dragoons (who went from London with Mr. Blanchard to Holland) and Mr. d'Horindheim, Captain in the legion of the Comte de Mallebois; the machine arose with great majesty, and the wind being N.W. and nearly calm, afforded the spectators a beautiful sight for a long time.

Mr. Blanchard's new companions behaved with great intrepidity, and waved their flags in salutation to the populace. It was their intention, provided the wind would allow a voyage of 80 or 100 leagues, to keep flying in the air during the night, if the state of the atmosphere would permit.

The Stadtholder and his whole court were present, as also the French Ambassador and our Dutch-French General le Comte de Mallebois, and a vast number of the nobility, who testified their approbation at the inflation of the aerostat, which, though so very large, was completely filled in less than two hours.

As this was the first spectacle in aerostation in this country, it drew an immense concourse of people, indeed more than ever were collected together at any particular time in the memory of the oldest man ; and the public curiosity was more excited by the fame of little Blanchard, who by his undaunted courage in crossing the ocean, has gained the title of Prince of Aerostatick Adventurers: he received universal applause from all ranks of people, both the learned and the ignorant,--all joined with wonder and admiration at this new and brilliant experiment.