The history and antiquities of Boston .. . y the Lady Anne Hyde, eldest daughter ofEdvrard Earl of Clarendon. f The order for the Salute is now before me,with the autographs of the Counsellors. It ishere copied: — Province of the Massachu-setts Bay. By the Council. Having, uponthe Intelligence arrived here of the death ofhis late Majty King William the Third, of glo-rious memory, ordered that the Proclamationof the high and mighty Princess Anne of Den-mark to be Queen of England, Scotland, France,and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., bepublished to-morrow in Boston. We order,that upon the p
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . y the Lady Anne Hyde, eldest daughter ofEdvrard Earl of Clarendon. f The order for the Salute is now before me,with the autographs of the Counsellors. It ishere copied: — Province of the Massachu-setts Bay. By the Council. Having, uponthe Intelligence arrived here of the death ofhis late Majty King William the Third, of glo-rious memory, ordered that the Proclamationof the high and mighty Princess Anne of Den-mark to be Queen of England, Scotland, France,and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., bepublished to-morrow in Boston. We order,that upon the publication thereof you causeTwenty-one pieces of Ordnance to be dis-charged from the Fort under your under our hands, at the Council Chamberin Boston, the 28th day of May, 1702. ToCapt. Timothy Clarke. John Pynchon, Ja. Russell, Elisha Cooke,John Hathorne, Wm. Browne, Sam. Sewall,Jonathan Corwin, John Foster, Peter Sergeant,Joseph Lynde, Nathaniel Thomas, John Apple-ton, Penn Townsend, Natha. Byfield, £?.Hutchinson,. Capt. Timothy Clark had been chosen Cannoneer by the Town on the 9th ofMarch preceding. I May 4th, 1702. At what time the newsof the Declaration was received in Boston Ihave met with no statement. § It being proposed to the Town, for theregulating of Funeralls and lessening the chargethereof, that during the present sickness, anduntill farder order, that there be only a firstand second bell toUd at each Funerall, eachbell not to exceed the space of half a quarterof an hour ; and that there be a moderation inthe prices of Coffins, digging of graves, andwages of porters for carrying the corps, andalso that there be two or three black cloathesprovided at the Town charge to lay over thecorps. At the same time, the Selectmen were di-rected to place a pump in the Condit bythe Dock, nigh Wings Lane, for the publicuse in case of fire. March 8, Mr. Joseph Prout was chosen TownTreasurer, Mr. James Taylor having declinedserving. Constables at Muddy River, Da
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