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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Ladies of St Albans address the Queen, congratulating her marriage and hoping it inspires subjects to honor matrimony, countering its ridicule and promoting population growth through royal example. (178 characters)
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To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
The humble Address of the Ladies of the borough of St Albans, in the county of Hertford.
May it please your Majesty,
We your most dutiful and affectionate Subjects being by custom precluded from being named in the Address of the Mayor and Corporation of this Place, beg Leave to approach your Majesty with the warmest Congratulations on your happy Nuptials.
Formed by Nature, and improved by the compleatest Education, you was elected by the best of Kings, to add the only Happiness that was wanting to his Majesty in this World.
As Subjects are greatly influenced by the Example of their Sovereign, we have the strongest Reasons to hope that the Matrimonial State will be duly honoured by your Majesties dutiful Subjects cheerfully following the Royal Example ; an Example too much wanted in this degenerate Age, wherein that happy State is made the Object of Ridicule instead of Respect by too many of vain, giddy, and dissipated Minds. If the Riches of a Nation consists in its Populoulness, this happy Country will in that Respect too soon become poor, whilst the lawful Means to continue Posterity are either shackled by the Restraint of mistaken Laws, or denied by those who regard none.
But as every virtuous and commendable Action is encouraged by your Royal Consort's and your noble Sentiments and Conduct, we hope this Example will be duly followed by your Majesties loyal Subjects.
That you may long remain a Pattern of conjugal Fidelity and Happiness, and see a numerous Offspring grow up as tender Plants under your maternal Influence, to be a Blessing to their Royal Parents and to this Nation, are the sincerest and ardent Wishes of Your Majesty's most dutiful and devoted Subjects,
October 27.
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St Albans
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October 27
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The Ladies of the borough of St Albans present a humble address to the Queen, congratulating her on her happy nuptials. They praise her formation by nature and education, her election by the best of Kings to add to his happiness. They express hope that the royal example of matrimony will be followed by subjects, countering ridicule of the matrimonial state in a degenerate age, and encourage population through lawful means. They wish for the Queen and her consort to remain a pattern of conjugal fidelity and happiness, with numerous offspring.