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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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ghty God for the blessingswhich have grown out of the Revolution, and that we deem this a most appropriateoccasion to honor one of His instruments by causing a medal of gold to be struck andpresented to the surviving hero, General Lafayette, commemorative of our abiding friend-ship for him, and also that existing between France and America. This resolution was adopted, and a committee of field officers, con-sisting of Colonel Stevens, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, and Major Cat-lin, was appointed to accomplish the object. In July following themedal was completed and exhibited to the members of the regiment atCamp Putnam, near New Haven. It was sent to James FenimoreCooper, the novelist, to present to Lafayette. Mr. Cooper was absentfrom Paris then and for several months afterward. On his return, inNovember, he gave a dinner to Lafayette, at which were GeneralWool, several other Americans of distinction, and representatives ofEuropean nations, as guests. On that occasion the medal was pre-
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FIRST DECADE, 1830-1840. 325 sented, received with gratitude, and acknowledged in pleasing termsby the recipient. Tins superb medal was made of solid gold from the mines of NorthCarolina ; those of California were then unsuspected. It weighed onehundred and fifty-seven pennyweights. In the centre of a rich framework were medallions bearing the portraits of Washington andLafayette inclosed in a wreath of olive and laurel leaves. Above themedallions was a Roman lictors axe inclosed in fasces, and belowthese an escutcheon containing the coat-of-arms of the National Guard.The whole was surmounted by a spread-eagle standing upon a globe,on which were the words America and France. On each side werethe flags of America and France combined. On a scroll at the base ofthe medal were the words Pro Patria et Gloria. This medal wasfurnished by Marquand & Brother, then the leading jewellers of NewYork, who employed Bowler & Ward, of Poughkeepsie, to execute thework. The die was cut by Ward.

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