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then-President of the United States John Tyler, former presidents John Quincy Adams and Martin van Buren, and Governor of New York William H. Seward.” See here . ↩ A memoir of the construction, cost, and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct . . . together
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with an account of the civic celebration of the fourteenth October, 1842, on occasion of the completion of the great work . . . by Charles King. New York, Printed by C. King, 1843. ↩ Ibid. ↩ See Correspondence of the Van Cortlandt Family of Cortlandt
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Manor, 1815-1848, compiled and edited by Jacob Judd. Volume IV, pages 291-292. ↩ For more on the Great Freshet of 1841 see here . ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook
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Water Celebration Great Freshet of 1841 John Quincy Adams Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. Published October 14, 2014 October 14, 2014
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A first-person account of the Croton Water Celebration from the diary of Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck. “It was a happy day for New.York, as now she stands a “queen city” with her beautifull Fountains, and pure transparent water, her delighted sons and
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daughters have reason to be proud of her now.” Friday 14. tenth. October. 1842. A beautifull day for the celebration of the Croton water Works. Every one was in commotion to.day, the whole city were on the move; and thousands of country people came
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flocking to see the procession. The stores were closed, bells ringing, soldiers marching, societys forming, and every one putting on their best faces to witness the novel scene. At eleven Garret, the children, Bridget and myself went up to Mrs
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Anelli’s. They received us very politely, giveing us their small bed-room to ourselves. We had a fine view of the parade and were not exposed to the air. The procession, equalled my expectations, and was a handsome affair; every thing was so bright
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and neat, the very houses shone like silver. The fire companies were very conspicuous for taste in their decorations. It was supposed the number of persons in procession, were about 20.000. The streets… View original post 227 more words Share this:
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The Twentieth Century Limited engine at the Harmon yards. Photograph by Robert Yarnall Richie. Here’s a wonderful photograph of the famous Twentieth Century Limited engine at the Harmon yards on May 12, 1938. The image is part of a group of
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photographs of the engine taken by Robert Yarnall Richie, who worked as a free-lance commercial and industrial photographer for many large corporations. Richie’s work is significant for its artistic qualities as well as documentary information. See
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more of the photos in the Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection, part of the digital archives of Southern Methodist Unversity . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook
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Transportation Published December 28, 2014 December 28, 2014
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Croton Water Celebration medal by Robert Lovett, Sr. Courtesy of John Kraljevich Americana. Here’s a fine example of the medal produced for the Croton Water Celebration, when what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct opened to public use on October
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14, 1842. This is currently being offered by John Kraljevich , a leading expert in American historical medals, coins, paper money and related Americana, who has graciously allowed us to share his images. The Croton Water Celebration medal was
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designed by Robert Lovett, Sr., the patriarch of a family of famous engravers. He was born on March 19, 1796, and grew up in a quiet New York City neighborhood in an area now covered by the western end of the Brooklyn Bridge. After a brief military
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service during the War of 1812 he apprenticed in the shop of master stone seal engraver Thomas Brown. Advertisement from Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser , [Philadelphia], January 15, 1818. By 1816 he had married and moved to Philadelphia to set
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up his own engraving business, specializing in dies and seals. His early work can’t be identified because it was unsigned, but one significant commission has been discovered by Lovett expert and collector David Baldwin. “Correspondence between Thomas
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Jefferson and Thomas Cooper in 1819 identify Robert Sr. as the creator of the official seal for the University of Virginia.” 1 By 1824 Lovett was back in New York City, where he set up shop at 249 Broadway. “His shop location moved several times over
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the years,” according to Baldwin, “but he stayed in New York City until his death on December 31, 1874, just six hours after the passing of his wife of 60 years.” Lovett’s Croton Aqueduct Medal was produced in silver, bronze and white metal. The
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silver examples were individually engraved for the 17 New York City Alderman in office at the time of the celebration and various dignitaries, including poet George Pope Morris, author of the celebration’s “Croton Ode.” The example shown here is
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white metal. One side of Lovett’s exquisite medal is shown above and the other is below. If you want to enlarge the images to see the details click here to go to John Kraljevich Americana. Croton Water Celebration medal by Robert Lovett, Sr. Courtesy
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of John Kraljevich Americana. See this letter by Lovett to Thomas Jefferson and The Croton Aqueduct Completion Medal by Dave Baldwin. Token and Medal Society Journal , September/October 2013, vol. 53, no. 5. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window)
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LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Croton Water Celebration George Pope Morris Robert Lovett Thomas Jefferson Published January 23, 2015 January 24, 2015
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Detail from a map of Cortlandt Manor in 1797 showing (A) the mill complex, (B) Van Cortlandt Manor and the Ferry House, (C) Bethel Chapel and the Quaker Meeting House, (D) docks on the Hudson River and (E) the location where Quaker Bridge is today.
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