Word: thunderbolting
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Dates: during 1876-1876
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...presence of both branches of the Provincial Assembly, it was named by Governor Bernard; after which, Taylor, a "Junior Sophister, pronounced, with suitable and proper action, a gratulatory oration in English." Its existence has not been uneventful. Struck by lightning in 1768, its honest old frame survived the thunderbolt as it has now defied the fire. In 1775 it was used as a barrack for the troops, and was damaged by our patriotic soldiers to the extent of Pound 67 sterling, an account which was afterwards allowed by the Legislature. It is with sincere pleasure that we hear that...