. The official guide book to . roken up again and recast by Pass and Stow, and was Placedin the steeple about the beginning of June, 1753. This bell borethe inscriptions ordered by Isaac Norris for the original bell, andupon he^eighth of July, 1776, its tones fulfilled the commandproclaim liberty throughout the land. The be 1 was kept m thetoler. It was taken down and removed to Bethlehem upon theapTroach of the British army in 1777, and returned after the evac-uation of the city. In 1781 the upper part of the steeple, havingbecome decayed and dangerous, was taken down by order
. The official guide book to . roken up again and recast by Pass and Stow, and was Placedin the steeple about the beginning of June, 1753. This bell borethe inscriptions ordered by Isaac Norris for the original bell, andupon he^eighth of July, 1776, its tones fulfilled the commandproclaim liberty throughout the land. The be 1 was kept m thetoler. It was taken down and removed to Bethlehem upon theapTroach of the British army in 1777, and returned after the evac-uation of the city. In 1781 the upper part of the steeple, havingbecome decayed and dangerous, was taken down by order ol heAssembly. The tower was covered with a hip-roof, from whichroseTshort spire with weathercock. A small belfry was erected mfront fn whfch a bell was hung and used for public occasionsTMs was the old bell which had been used by the Assembly to callthe members together long before the State-house was bmlt Jn1828 a new steeple was erected upon the tower which was sixty feetaigher than that which was finished in 1753, but m architectural ap-. INDEPENDENCE HALL. 10^ pearance was made to resemble the old steeple as nearly as possible,i much larger bell was procured, which was cast by J, Wilbank andweio-hed 4275 pounds. It did not give satisfaction. Mr. Wilbank re-placed it with another, weighing 4600 pounds. That bell was crax^ked,and was replaced by another, which has hung in the State-housesteeple for forty-five years, used to announce the hours by the clock,as a signal fire-bell and rung on public occasions. The liberty bell was used after the first steeple was taken downonly upon particular occasions. It was rung in honor of the newsof the passage of the act of the British Parliament emancipating theCatholics in 1828. It was rung on the 22d of February, 1832, mhonor of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Washington. Itwas cracked upon the morning of July 8, 1835, whilst being tolledin memory of Chiei-Justice Marshall, who had died in Philadelphiaon the fitii of that mo
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