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By Permission, and under the immediate Patronage of the
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
and a committee of gentlemen.
The festival
BALLOON.
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MR. GREEN
Respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and other Inhabitants of the City of York, that in consequence of his receipts having fallen short of his expences on Saturday last, to the amount of £30, he has, at the suggestion of several Gentlemen, who have kindly undertaken to collect Subscriptions, determined to Re-ascend
on Tuesday next,
at three o'clock, from the gas works.
Tickets of Admission to witness the Inflation, attaching the Car, launching the Balloon, &c. 1s. or 2s. each, may be had at the Tavern Coach Office ; Messrs. Barber & Co. Silversmits, Coney-Street ; Mr. Holmes, Carver & Gilder, ditto ; and of the Gentlemen composing the Committee.
[[image--pointing hand]] A parachute, containing a living Animal will be launched from the Car, which will descend within the Inclosure, previous to the final ascent.
The Doors will be open and the Inflation commence at half-past Twelve o'Clock.
R. Johnson, Printer, 47, Coney-Street, York.