. History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. y, JamesWatson Webb. Invitations to participate were extended to the Cincinnati Society,to United States officers of the Revolution and of the late war, to thesuperintendent, faculty, and cadets of the West Point Military Acad-emv, to the corporation of the village of Brooklyn, and variousother bodies who were specially indicated. Among the veterans of theRevolution was Fnoch Crosby, the original of Coopers Spy. Samuel L. Gouverneur (son-in-law of ex-Pr
. History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. y, JamesWatson Webb. Invitations to participate were extended to the Cincinnati Society,to United States officers of the Revolution and of the late war, to thesuperintendent, faculty, and cadets of the West Point Military Acad-emv, to the corporation of the village of Brooklyn, and variousother bodies who were specially indicated. Among the veterans of theRevolution was Fnoch Crosby, the original of Coopers Spy. Samuel L. Gouverneur (son-in-law of ex-President Monroe) waschosen to be the orator of the day, and Samuel Swartwout, the grandmarshal, with twenty-one aids. The dress of the chief marshal andhis aids was prescribed as follows : Blue coat, with white facings andgilt buttons ; buff vest, with plain gilt buttons ; white pantaloons ;chapeau-de-bras, tricolored cockade, and plume ; tricolored scarfs ;tricolored badge, with the stripes of the United States flag to be wornon each lapel ; dress sword and gilt spurs. A number of French residents offered their services as an escort for. 3aPT) ST MOML Engravedly-Geo E Bsnne after original drawings W J L Giles INSTITUTIONS,RELIGIOUS, BENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE. FIRST DECADE, 1830-1840. 289 the grand marshal, and were accepted, and many of the natives ofFrance prepared to participate in the grand fete. As the appointed day approached, the military, firemen, exempt fire-men, fire-wardens, college; students, pupils of schools, various societies,the professions and trades, were active in preparations for the grandevent. Flags and banners, badges and cockades, scarfs and rosettes,the tricolor rose everywhere and on everything, were made ready. The autumn was very mild. The Indian summer had made its ad-vent early, and with its delicious haze, its balmy temperature, and itsfading glories among the trees, the vines, and the flowers, had givenits full measure of enjoyment to the town and
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