. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . OLD CITY HALL, WALL STREET, A PROSPECTIVE VIE\V OF THE CITY HALL IN NEW YORK,TAKEN FROM WALL STREET. From a print in possesbion of the New York Historical Society. thoroughly in what Uncle Tom called an historic mood, they surveyedthe brown sarcophagus that shrines the remains of Dont-give-up-the-ship Lawrence, as Jack designated him; they found the sunken slab 4* 54 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS that covers the grave of poor Charlotte Temple ; they stood before thetowering obeli
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . OLD CITY HALL, WALL STREET, A PROSPECTIVE VIE\V OF THE CITY HALL IN NEW YORK,TAKEN FROM WALL STREET. From a print in possesbion of the New York Historical Society. thoroughly in what Uncle Tom called an historic mood, they surveyedthe brown sarcophagus that shrines the remains of Dont-give-up-the-ship Lawrence, as Jack designated him; they found the sunken slab 4* 54 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS that covers the grave of poor Charlotte Temple ; they stood before thetowering obelisk that stands as a memorial to those great and good menwho died while imprisoned in this city for their devotion to the cause ofAmerican Independence; and so came at last to the modest .gray monu-ment on the south sideof Trinity churchyard be-neath which rest the bonesof one of the greatest ofhistoric Americans and offamous men — AlexanderHamilton. Bert read the inscriptionon the base: To thememory of AlexanderHamilton, the corporationof Trinity Church haserected this monument intestimony of their respectfor the Patriot of inco
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