10. Dined at the Raleigh, & went to the Fire works.
Fireworks were occasionally used to celebrate a public event, as in the “elegant set of fireworks . . . displayed in this city [Williamsburg] on the arrival of . . . Lady Dunmore” (Va. Gaz., R, 10 Mar. 1774; , 200–203). They may also have been to commemorate the second anniversary of the burning of the British revenue cutter Gaspee.