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Title: 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
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
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Publisher: New York : Perine Engraving and Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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crowd starteddow n the street. They were diverted from Arthurs house to that ofhis brother Lewis, in Tiose Street, a more obnoxious abolitionist thanthe other, who was an extensive dealer in silks. They demolished thefront windows of the house, burst in the doors, and soon filled therooms from which the family had fled in terror. They began to smashthe furniture or cast it into the street. Chairs, sofas, tables, pictures,mirrors, bedding, ornaments were thrown out into a promiscuous mass,preparatory to the application of the torch. It is related (with how much truth I know not) that during this wildscene of devastation a pleasing incident occurred. A portrait ofWashington was about to be thrown out of a window, when suddenlysome one shouted : w It is Washington ! FOr Gods sake, dont burn Washington ! The roar of the mob instantly ceased. The picture was tenderlyhanded out of the window, passed over the heads of the crowd fromman to man, and left fo:1 cafety in a neighboring dwelling.
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FIRST DECADE, 1830 1840. 335 Just as the work of destruction was resumed, the police came swoop-ing- down the street, when the mob broke and fled ; but finding1 a pileof bricks they armed themselves with them, rallied, and returned.They assailed the watchmen or the police so fiercely that they in turnwere compelled to fly. Then the mass of furniture and bedding on thesidewalk was set on fire, illuminating the whole street. The fire-bellswere rung, the fire-engines Avere soon at the place of danger, the mobwas dispersed, and at two oclock in the morning the street was quiet,and Lewis Tappans sacked dwelling was in the hands of the civilguardians of the peace. For these fierce demonstrations of mob violence the abolitioniststhemselves were not altogether blameless. During the excitement onthe day following the demonstration at Chatham Street Chapel, someinjudicious member or members of the Anti-Slavery Society caused anincendiary placard to be posted over the city. It was headed with th

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