. Essex county, , illustrated . rancisco, with one or twootherof the mighty number of beautifuland thriving cities aruong those whichhave multiplied with startling rapidity;and all within the four short centuries oftime since Columbus planted the Hagsof Ferdinand and Isabella, the thenking and queen of Spain, on that littleisle of the Bahama group, made famousby the horde of/£?//«« which the greatnavigator found in peaceful and undis-turbed possession when he landed hisjaded and half mutinous crew—when consideringall its had such amarvellousgrowth andcareer as this Newark, c
. Essex county, , illustrated . rancisco, with one or twootherof the mighty number of beautifuland thriving cities aruong those whichhave multiplied with startling rapidity;and all within the four short centuries oftime since Columbus planted the Hagsof Ferdinand and Isabella, the thenking and queen of Spain, on that littleisle of the Bahama group, made famousby the horde of/£?//«« which the greatnavigator found in peaceful and undis-turbed possession when he landed hisjaded and half mutinous crew—when consideringall its had such amarvellousgrowth andcareer as this Newark, city of teeming industries and the capital city of Essex, ofwhose beauties welove to bear record,and of the grandeurof which we delightto write. Hut little morethan two hundredyears have cycledby since the littleband gatheredround the leaderscharming daughterand bestowed uponler the honor ofchristening the newtown on the Passaic,Newark. From Connecti-cut, the little com-pany came armedJAMES M. SEYMOUR. MAYOR. ^^^ ^ heroic de-.
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