Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . activeopposition to slavery, gave an address before a companyof Americans at a Fourth of July dinner in Paris in 1S66that was destined to initiate the Museum London Times of July 7, 1866, in a letter fromParis, gives the following pleasing account of this sig-nificant occasion; The 90th anniversary of the National Independence ofthe United States was celebrated on Wednesday at the PreCatalan. The fete was organized through the active agency ofsome patriotic gentlemen. The usual attractions of the PreCatalan were much increas
Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . activeopposition to slavery, gave an address before a companyof Americans at a Fourth of July dinner in Paris in 1S66that was destined to initiate the Museum London Times of July 7, 1866, in a letter fromParis, gives the following pleasing account of this sig-nificant occasion; The 90th anniversary of the National Independence ofthe United States was celebrated on Wednesday at the PreCatalan. The fete was organized through the active agency ofsome patriotic gentlemen. The usual attractions of the PreCatalan were much increased by a generous contribution ofplants and flowers by the Prefect of the Seine from the cityconservatories. Large tents were arranged for the accommoda-tion of those present—one for dancing, two for refreshments,and one as a vestiaire. They were profusely decorated withAmerican and French flags united in faisceaux, and in the danc-ing tent were suspended portraits of Washington and of theEmperor of the French Among the invited guests were Mr. [316 ]. Battery Park and Castle used as the emigrant landing station, from 1855 to 189S, nearly 8,00O,C0O foreigners have passedthrough its portals. Jenny Lind sang here in 1853 and Morse demonstrated the telegraph here. BothLafayette and Joffre landed at the Battery when they came to New York. The Garden was turnedinto en Aquarium in 1896, end is one of the most popular nights in the City. Bigelow, Minister of the United States, and his family; Mr, Fox,Assistant Secretary of War; Captain Beaumont (of the MonitorMiantonomoh, now lying at Cherbourg), together with severalof his officers; Mr. N, M. Beckwith, U. S. Commissioner of theUniversal Exhibition of 1867; the Rev. Drs. Hitckcock, Thomp-son (of the Broadway Tabernacle), Eldridge, Cummins, Daven-port and Smith. . Refreshments of various kinds were fur-nished during the afternoon and at half-past five oclock a repastwas laid out in the refreshment-tent, after which the chai
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