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Title: Seventeen hundred and seventy-six, or, The war of independence : a history of the Anglo-Americans, from the period of the union of the colonies against the French, to the inauguration of Washington, the first president of the United States of America ...
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
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Publisher: New York : Edward Walker, 114 Fulton Street
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ility of one citizen to another. Hewas truly great in deserving the plaudits of his country, but muchgreater in not being elated with them. J On approaching Philadelphia, he was received with distinguishedhonors. The bridge across the Schuylkill was highly decoratedwith laurels, and at each end were triumphal arches of evergreen.As he passed the bridge, a civic crown was let down from aboveupon his head, and at that moment a loud shout arose from nearlytwenty thousand people who lined the avenues between the Schuyl-kill and Philadelphia. At Trenton he was met by a depu-tation from Congress/ and the highest honors were paidto him by the inhabitants.^ At Elizabethtown Point he embarked * See Appendix, Note xv. f Sparks, p. 406. X Ramsay, vol. ii., p. 345. § On the brow of a hill near Trenton, a triumphal arch was erected under thedirection of the ladies of the place. The crown of the arch was decorated withlaurels and flowers, and on it was displayed in large characters, December, 1776
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Inauguration of Washington. P. 307. ckat. xm.) EVENTS FROM 1784 TO 1789. 367 The Inauguration of Washington. in an elegant barge, rowed by thirteen pilots, and as he passed theshipping in the bay, the vessels all hoisted their flags. He wasreceived, on landing, by Governor Clinton and other distinguishedpersons, and a great concourse of people, and in the evening, thehouses of the inhabitants were brilliantly illuminated. On the thirtieth of April,0 he took the oath of office. At « H».nine oclock in the morning, appropriate religious serviceswere held in all the churches in the city, and at twelve, the troopsparaded before the Presidents door. The committees of Congress,heads of departments, foreign ministers, and civil officers of theState, in carriages, following the escort of troops, accompanied himto the Federal Hall, upon the balcony in front of which, ChancellorLivingston administered to him, in the presence of a vast concourseof people, the oath of office, which was in the fo

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