1775/11/09
LETTER V.
Barcelona, November 10, 1775.
YESTERDAY, being the feftival of Saint Charles Borromeo, the king’s patron, was kept as a day of Gala. All the officers waited upon the governor in grand uniform; the theatre was illuminated, and crowded with well-drest company, which made a very handsome shew; the price of admittance was raised from half [...] »
Henry Swinburne (1787). Travels through Spain in the years 1775 and 1776. London: Elmsly. »
