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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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King's arrival in Portsmouth on June 22, including visits to dockyard and governor's house, knighting of the mayor. On June 21, the King reviewed the fleet at Spithead, dined on HMS Barfleur, received salutes, and returned to harbor amid illuminations and spectators.
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"His Majesty arrived this Day about eleven: went immediately to the Commissioners in the Dock Yard, where he stayed above an Hour; he then went to the Governor's House, where the Mayor, Aldermen and Recorder of Portsmouth, waited on him and congratulated him on his Arrival; they returned afterwards to the Town Hall. The Mayor had the Honor to be knighted."
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, June 21.
"After the Levee Yesterday, his Majesty returned to his Dock, and there got into his Barge, and went off, accompanied by the Lords of the Admiralty, and all the Barges in the Fleet, to Spithead, on Board the Barfleur, where he dined, when all the Ships saluted him a second Time. After Dinner he went through the Fleet in his Barge, accompanied as before, when every Ship was manned, and saluted him with 21 Guns and three Cheers as he passed them. After which he went on board the Augusta Yacht, and sailed into the Harbour, accompanied by the William & Mary & Fubbs, with an incredible Number of Pleasure-Boats and Spectators,----At Night the Town, Common, and Gosport were all illuminated."
"More than five Hundred Yachts and Vessels, with Company on Board, have every Day attended the Review at Spithead, and most of them had Cannon on Board, which kept up a constant fire, as his Majesty passed and re-passed them, all which, with the continual Salutes and Huzzas from the Men of War, the Display of Flags on board the dressed Ships, together with the Fineness of the Weather, made a very grand Appearance it exceeded all Expectation."
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Portsmouth
Event Date
June 21 22
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the mayor of portsmouth was knighted; grand naval review with salutes and illuminations.
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On June 22, His Majesty arrived in Portsmouth around eleven, visited the Commissioners in the Dock Yard for over an hour, then the Governor's House where the Mayor, Aldermen, and Recorder congratulated him; they went to the Town Hall, and the Mayor was knighted. On June 21, after the levee, His Majesty went by barge with Lords of the Admiralty and fleet barges to Spithead, dined on the Barfleur with salutes, reviewed the fleet receiving 21-gun salutes and cheers from manned ships, then sailed into harbor on the Augusta Yacht accompanied by William & Mary, Fubbs, pleasure-boats, and spectators; the town, common, and Gosport were illuminated at night. Over 500 yachts and vessels attended the Spithead review daily, firing cannons, with salutes, huzzas, flags, and fine weather creating a grand spectacle exceeding expectations.