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Title: History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893 Harrison, Constance Cary, "Mrs. Burton Harrison,", 1846-1920
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History
Publisher: New York : A. S. Barnes and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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, gold and glitter; on the right of the chair stood JohnDe Grushe, representing the Goddess of Liberty, with a scroll, inscribedFederal Constitution, 1788, and on the left was a figure in the charac-ter of Justice, blindfolded and bearing the sword and balance. The picture of the scene will not be perfect without the bricklayers,with their motto, In God is our trust; the painters and glaziers, withvarious specimens of their handicraft; the cabinet-makers, with a cardrawn by four beautiful horses, upon which a table and a cradle werecompleted during the march; the chair-makers, sixty or more, with themotto upon their standard, — The Federal States in union bound,Oer afl tlie world our chairs are found ; the ivory-turners and musical-instrument makers, their standard repre-senting Apollo playing on a lyre, with a border of musical instrumentsfestooned in the manner of trophies ; the lace and fringe w^eavers, bearingorange colors elevated on a gilt standard, with the device of an angel
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? c THE SHIP IIAMILTONr 325 bearing a scroll, inscribed, Federal Constitution, and underneath, O,never let it perish in your hands, but piously transmit it to your chil-dren ; the paper-stainers, with standard borne by John Colles ; the civilengineers, carrying a design of a dock for building and repairing men-of-war; the shipwrights, with Noahs ark upon their banner; the blacksmithsand nailers, numbering one hundred and twenty, who began and completedan anchor upon their stage during the march, while their motto floated in the breeze, — • Forge me strong, finish me neat,I soon sliall moor a Federal fleet ; the ship-joiners ; the boat-builders; the block and pump makers, with astage upon which they made a complete pump on the route; the sail-makers, who, in picturesque attire, with pine branches in their hats, con-structed a ships foretopsail upon a car drawn by four horses, and sewedabout fifty-six yards on a steering sail; and the riggers, to the number offorty-one, headed by Ei

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