Caroline Powys in Barham Downs, near Canterbury - 13 August, 1798, in the morning
from Canterbury Journal, 1798, pages p. 308–309:
We all set off to Barham Downs by ten a.m. to see the troops reviewed. Twenty cannons fired a feu-de-joie in honour of the Prince of Wales’ birthday (then thirty-six years of age). The whole garrison… more >>
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Caroline Powys, Canterbury Journal, 1798. In Climenson, Emily J. (ed.), Passages from the Diaries of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Powys of Hardwick House, Oxon. A.D. 1756 to 1808 (London, 1899), p. p. 308–309. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1516729936427 accessed: 19 December, 2024
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'God Save the King'
written by Thomas Arne |
performed by Military band |
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| Date/Time | 13 August, 1798, in the morning |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:52:16 +0000
Approved on Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:20:56 +0000