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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Celebrations for a royal birth in France: Debtors in Paris's Chatelet marked it with fireworks and witty inscriptions; Duke de Belle-Isle hosted a grand dinner, fireworks, and ball for 8000 troops in Metz; the city's bishop fed 1500 poor and planned dowries for maidens.
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The Duke de Belle-Isle at Metz has out-topp'd all that has been done on this Occasion; he gave a Dinner to the whole Garrison, consisting of 8000 Men, allowing each private Man a Pound and a half of Meat, the like Quantity of Bread, and a Pint of good bodied Wine, and they were regularly seated at Horse-Shoe Tables. The Officers were treated with a Sumptuousness proportionate to their Rank; and in the Evening there was a surprising Firework, a Feast and Ball, where the Persons of Rank of both Sexes were entertained with the utmost Profuseness and Magnificence.
The Bishop of the City gave a plentiful Meal to Fifteen hundred poor People at his Palace, and designs to give Fortunes to several poor Maidens.
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Chatelet, Metz
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grand celebrations including dinners for 8000 troops, fireworks, balls, meals for 1500 poor, and planned dowries for maidens.
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Debtors in the Chatelet celebrated the royal birth with fireworks, illuminations, and two adapted inscriptions expressing loyalty despite imprisonment. The Duke de Belle-Isle in Metz hosted a dinner for the 8000-man garrison with specified rations, sumptuous treatment for officers, followed by fireworks, feast, and ball for ranks of both sexes. The Bishop provided a meal for 1500 poor at his palace and plans to endow several poor maidens.