French lithograph of Lafayette at laying of corner stone.

French lithograph of Lafayette at laying of corner stone.

Item Information

Title:
French lithograph of Lafayette at laying of corner stone.
Description:
French lithograph of Lafayette at laying of corner stone. Drawn by Mlle. d' Hervilley a Paris. Lithographer, deLangline.
Collector:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:
Drawn by Mlle. d' Hervilley a Paris ; Lithographer, deLangline
Date:
[ca. 1825–1925]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Lantern slides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):
Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:
Construction workers
Cornerstone laying
Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Bunker Hill Monument
Extent:
1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:
Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Below drawing is the following description: "Le Gal. Lafayette possant, le 17 Juin, 1825, la premiere du monument que le reconnaissance, publique fair élever a Boston, en l'honneur du Doctor Waren, et des autres Guerriers Citoyens mort du combat de Bunker's hill, le 17 Juin, 1775." For the laying of the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument on June 17, 1825, the Charles River Bridge cancelled all tolls for the day, and the military and Masonic procession reached from City Square back to Boston Common. Col. Samuel Jacques of Charlestown was chief marshal upon the grounds. The cornerstone was laid by the most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, John Abbot. Lafayette stood beside him and received from him the trowel, with which he then spread cement over the stone. He wore a Masonic apron during the ceremony. Prayer was said by the Rev. Joseph Thaxter of Edgartown who had half a century before, stood on almost the same spot praying for Col. Prescott and his men, as well as encouraging them to their duty, and ministering to many who fell in the battle. -- History of the B. H. Mon't Ass'N. pp. 146-50.
Notes (ownership):
Courtesy of Mrs. Heyliger de Windt
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):
Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:
CHA-32-A1