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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Principal merchants and gentlemen of the city hosted a sumptuous dinner for Oliver Wolcott, former Secretary of the Treasury, at the Bank of Pennsylvania's Great Hall to honor his character and public services. Over 100 attended in elegant style; the newly finished hall praised for magnificence by architect Mr. Latrobe.
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Yesterday a sumptuous entertainment was given by several of the principal merchants and other gentlemen of our city, to Oliver Wolcott, Esq. late Secretary of the Treasury, expressive of esteem for his character, and the high sense they entertain of his public services. By permission of the Directors of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kitchen had a circular table laid in the Great Hall of the New Building, where a dinner under his direction, was served up, to more than 100 persons, in a style of superior elegance and profusion. The Hall, which, until yesterday, has been in an unfinished state, is more magnificent than can be well described, and reflects great honor on the architect, Mr. Latrobe.
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dinner served to more than 100 persons in superior elegance and profusion; hall praised for magnificence.
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A sumptuous entertainment and dinner given by principal merchants and gentlemen to Oliver Wolcott, late Secretary of the Treasury, expressive of esteem for his character and public services, held in the Great Hall of the New Building of the Bank of Pennsylvania.