The history and antiquities of Boston .. . icinity were suspended eleganttransparencies, representing theKing, the immortal Pitt,Camden, Barre, and The Pyramid or Obelisk erectedon the Common was only tempo-rarily to remain there ; and afterthe exhibition was over, it was tobe removed and set up underLiberty Tree, as a standingMonument of this glorious era ; but by some accident it took fire about one oclock on the night of thecelebration, and was consumed.| The four stories, or compartments,exhibited each four sides. Thelower story or base was withoutornaments, and is only describeda
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . icinity were suspended eleganttransparencies, representing theKing, the immortal Pitt,Camden, Barre, and The Pyramid or Obelisk erectedon the Common was only tempo-rarily to remain there ; and afterthe exhibition was over, it was tobe removed and set up underLiberty Tree, as a standingMonument of this glorious era ; but by some accident it took fire about one oclock on the night of thecelebration, and was consumed.| The four stories, or compartments,exhibited each four sides. Thelower story or base was withoutornaments, and is only describedas of the Doric order. Thenext was- covered with what wasthen called hieroglyphics; § thenext with ten verses each, andthe last with four portraitseach, II It is necessary to repre-sent only the hieroglyphicsby engravings, which the artisthas done with great exactness,and of the same size as the orig-inal plate. The small pyramid shows the form of the whole structure,which, compared with the hieroglyphic cuts, an idea of the whole is * If that report is strictly true, there werebut 108 gentlemen in Boston at that all the gentlemen who had lanternswould be nearer the truth ; or perhaps, rather,the Gazette statement should be taken withallowance, for partaking a little of that ex-travagance for which the celebration was quiteremarkable, and for which all parties areexcusable. f In the front windows of Capt. Dawesand Mr. Thomas Symmes house, appearedthe portrait of Mr. Pitt, as large as life,with this inscription : Hail, Pitt ! Hail, patrons ! pride of Georges days •How round the globe expand your patriot rays !And the New World is brightened with the blaze. X From the print representing the structurebefore mentioned, no one would suppose it tohave been erected on the Common ; for it isentitled, A View of the Obelisk erectedunder Liberty Tree in Boston on the Rejoic-ings for the Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766. This shows that the original intention of theSons wa
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