. New-York, past, present, and future : comprising a history of the city of New-York, a description of its present condition, and an estimate of its future increase. unpxralleled Model that isin their midst, in which every public building, every house, and I mightsay, every shanty is faithfully represented ? * * * It fell to my lot, a few days since, to accompany there some of thepupils of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in this city, and if anything more were wanting to convince me of the truthfuhiess of the Model,than my own observation, I should have been satisfied by seeing thesechil
. New-York, past, present, and future : comprising a history of the city of New-York, a description of its present condition, and an estimate of its future increase. unpxralleled Model that isin their midst, in which every public building, every house, and I mightsay, every shanty is faithfully represented ? * * * It fell to my lot, a few days since, to accompany there some of thepupils of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in this city, and if anything more were wanting to convince me of the truthfuhiess of the Model,than my own observation, I should have been satisfied by seeing thesechildren of nature, with their eloquent manner and speaking looks, pointout place after place and building after building, and indicate their plea-sure by calling the attention of each other to them. The architecture of the public buildings is faithfully represented, evento the stained glass in the windows of the churches. The lamp posts hadnearly escaped my observation, when I saw them pointed out by a veryintelligent boy, to a young lady with an expression of satisfaction, thateven in the jninutice, all was correct. (Signed) 0 W. MORRIS 5 HISTORY OF THE The construction of the MODEL OF NEW-YORK Was a most unpremeditated enterprise. Its origin is to be traced to afew experiments in architectural representation, entirely unconnected withany pvirpose of public exhibition, which led to large and unexpected ex-penditures, and in the progress of which certain facilities in producingcopies of the objects desired were developed, and many inventions foiexpediting the different operations of the work devised. The time andexpense devoted to the object were disproportioned to the value of theend attained. It became apparent that neither reimbursement, nor valueto society, could attend the employment of the experience acquired, unlessdirected to a more important object. The construction in model of thegreat emporium of America, presented peculiar claims to this undertaking
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