A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . hode Island and of Ohio, the monument was unveiledby the sculptor (September 10, 1860), presented in an address byHarvey Rice, and accepted on behalf of the city by Mayor Senter. Aformal oration was delivered by the eminent historian. George Ban-croft, after which tlic nioiTument was dedicated according to theritual of the Masonic fraternity. The monument was subsequentlymoved to the southeast section of the Square where the SoldiersMonument now stands. It was taken thence years later to AVadePark wh
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . hode Island and of Ohio, the monument was unveiledby the sculptor (September 10, 1860), presented in an address byHarvey Rice, and accepted on behalf of the city by Mayor Senter. Aformal oration was delivered by the eminent historian. George Ban-croft, after which tlic nioiTument was dedicated according to theritual of the Masonic fraternity. The monument was subsequentlymoved to the southeast section of the Square where the SoldiersMonument now stands. It was taken thence years later to AVadePark whereit stood between Euclid Avenue and Iho site of the ArtMuseum, proudly pointing to the waters of the mimic pond that wereoccasionally i)lowcd by the prows of skifTs and canoes and smootlied 1860] A MONUMENT AT REST 243 by the Hat bottoms of goiulolas manned by the maidens of the near-byWomens College of the Western Reserve University. Finally, themonument was given a more fitting site in Gordon Park on the bankof Lake Erie. In the last deeade. 1850-60, the population of Cleveland had in-. The Pekky Monument creased from 17,034 (plus about 3,950 in Ohio City) to 43,838 andevery loyal Clevelander pointed with pride to the United Statescensus records. Capture and Return of The Slave LucyA few months after the conclusion of the trials of the Oberlin-Wellington rescue cases and close on the heels of the election of 244 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. XVI Abraham Lincohi and in continuation of the barrage fire that wentbefore the fatal drive that the slaveocraey launched at Fort Sum-ter, came the capture in Clevehind of a runaway slave named Lucy andher return to her ? owner at Wheeling in Virginia. Early in themorning of the nineteenth of January, 1861, a deputy United Statesmarshal, Seth A. Abbey, supported by a posse of federal officials,forcibly entered the residence of L. A. Benton on Prospect Street andcarried awaj- the young mulatto girl who was there employed as aservant.
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