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Bunker Hill monument.
The cornerstone of this monument was laid on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle (June 17, 1825), in the presence of a vast multitude of people.
Lafayette, then on a visit to the United States, was present, and Daniel Webster delivered an oration.
The monument is an obelisk, and stands in the centre of the ground, on Breed's Hill, included in the old breastwork.
Its sides are precisely parallel with those of the redoubt.
It is built of Quincy granite, and is 221 feet in height.
The base of the obelisk is 30 feet square, and at the spring of the apex 15 feet. By a flight of 295 stone steps, within the obelisk, its top may be reached.
A chamber at the top has four windows, with iron shutters.
The monument was not completed until 1843, when, on June 17, it was dedicated in the presence of President Tyler and his cabinet and a vast multitude of citizens.
The city of Charlestown, subsequently annexed to Boston, now surrounds the monument.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Disunion, early threats of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Edes , Benjamin , 1732 -1803 (search)
Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803
Journalist; born in Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 14, 1732; captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1760, and one of the Boston Sons of Liberty.
In his printingoffice many of the tea-party disguised themselves, and were there regaled with punch after the exploit at the wharf was performed.
He began, with Mr. Gill, in 1755, the publication of the Boston Gazette and country journal, which became a very popular newspaper, and did eminent service in the cause of popular liberty.
Adams, Hancock, Otis, Quincy, Warren, and other leading spirits were constant contributors to its columns, while Mr. Edes himself wielded a caustic pen. He was in Watertown during the siege of Boston, from which place he issued the Gazette, the mouth-piece of the Whigs.
It was discontinued in 1798, after a life, sustained by Edes, of forty years. He died in Boston, Dec. 11, 1803.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayne , Robert young -1839 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lovejoy , Elijah parish 1802 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peace party. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quincy , Josiah 1709 -1784 (search)
Quincy, Josiah 1709-1784
Merchant; born in Braintree, Mass., in 1709; graduated at Harvard in 1728; appointed joint c iot; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 23, 1744; third son of Josiah Quincy; graduated at Harvard College in 1763, and soon rose to
After the war he was again State Senator (1815-20),
Josiah Quincy. member of the State Constitutional Convention, speak tions, and for a justifiable motive, was not libellous.
Mr. Quincy was a lifelong opposer of the system of slave labor, not the efforts of the government to perpetuate the Union.
Mr. Quincy's career in Congress was
Josiah the first. memorable.
ass., July 1, 1864.
The embargo.
On Nov. 28, 1808, Mr. Quincy delivered the following speech in the national House of d Jan. 14, 1811, on the admission of Louisiana as a State, Quincy expressed his deliberate opinion that it would be a virtua aration; amicably if they might, forcibly if they must.
Quincy proceeded to declare that he had uttered the statement whi