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BEP(F.770.010
19 Feb 1770:23 (1795 Supplement)
New-York, Feb. 7. Many persons who were promoters of the
design of erecting a new Liberty-Pole, were unwilling to fix
it where the other stood. And yet to answer the end, it was
necessary it should stand near the same place. The business
was therefore for awhile at a stand, till a lucky expedient
was thought of and adopted. A small slip of land, 11 feet
wide, and 100 feet long, an undivided right, near the place
where the former pole stood, was found to be private
property, and immediately purchased for the purpose. . . [13
lines describing erection of pole] It was drawn thro' the
streets from the ship-yard, by 6 horses, decorated with
ribbands, 3 flags flying, with the words Liberty & Property,
and attended by several thousands of the inhabitants. It was
raised without any accident, while the French horns played
God save the King. . . [10 more lines]
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