The City Of New York In The Year Of Washingtons Inauguration 1789

Author : Martha J. Lamb
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ISBN 13 : 9781331000945
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Souvenir of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration April 30, 1789 as First President of the United States written by Martha J. Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Souvenir of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration April 30, 1789 as First President of the United States: The Birth of the American Republic President Benjamin Harrison on his arrival in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the forenoon, will be met at the station by distinguished gentlemen and a military escort, and conducted through Broad and West Jersey streets to the residence of Governor Greene, where breakfast will be served. The procession - civic, military, old-time agriculturist, firemen, state and city officials - will then proceed to conduct the President to Elizabethport, the route being as follows: through Cherry street to Rahway avenue (which was the old road over which Washington came), thence to Broad street, past the corner where the old tavern of 1879 stood, down Broad street, passing the old First Presbyterian Church where Parson Caldwell preached, to East Jersey street, thence past the old Boudinot House, where Washington lunched in April, 1789, to Spring street, and thence to Elizabeth avenue, formerly the old country road to Elizabethport, and thus to the wharf, where he will embark for New York. The Naval Parade. At Elizabethport, on Monday, April 29, 1889, President Harrison and his distinguished party, including the cabinet officers, will be welcomed by the New York Navy Committee with its chairman, Asa Bird Gardiner, at the head, and under its direction embark on the United States steamer Dispatch. The governors, commissioners of states, guest invited by the Committee on the States, and members of the Centennial Committee will follow the Dispatch in the steamers Erastus Wiman, Sirius and others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.