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New York (New York, United States) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Lundy's Lane (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Europe (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Chippewa (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
United States (United States) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Freedom of a City.
The conferring of all the privileges of a citizen upon a stranger, or one not entitled to such privileges because of non-residence, is an ancient way of honoring one for meritorious services.
When the eminent lawyer of Pennsylvania, Andrew Hamilton, had ably defended the liberty of the press in the case of John Peter Zenger (q. v.), the corporation of the city of New York conferred the freedom of the city upon him. The certificate of such honor is usually enclosed in a gold box, bearing on the underside of the lid an inscription indicative of the event.
The following is a copy of the certificate of freedom which the corporation of the city of New York gave to Gen. Jacob Brown (q. v.) after the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, in the summer of 1814:
To all to whom these presents shall come, De Witt Clinton, Esq., Mayor, and the Aldermen of the city of New York, send greeting: At a meeting of the Common Council, held at the Common Council chamber i
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
De Witt Clinton (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Andrew Hamilton (search for this): entry freedom-of-a-city
Freedom of a City.
The conferring of all the privileges of a citizen upon a stranger, or one not entitled to such privileges because of non-residence, is an ancient way of honoring one for meritorious services.
When the eminent lawyer of Pennsylvania, Andrew Hamilton, had ably defended the liberty of the press in the case of John Peter Zenger (q. v.), the corporation of the city of New York conferred the freedom of the city upon him. The certificate of such honor is usually enclosed in a gold box, bearing on the underside of the lid an inscription indicative of the event.
The following is a copy of the certificate of freedom which the corporation of the city of New York gave to Gen. Jacob Brown (q. v.) after the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, in the summer of 1814:
To all to whom these presents shall come, De Witt Clinton, Esq., Mayor, and the Aldermen of the city of New York, send greeting: At a meeting of the Common Council, held at the Common Council chamber