NEW YORK'S FIRST FOURTH

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 16, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 48.

NEW YORK'S FIRST FOURTH.

Knowledge of the act and a copy of the Declaration of Independence reached New York on the 9th of July. Orders were given to have the brigades formed on the parade grounds at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Within a hollow square, which occupied what is now the city hall park, between the city hall and the post-office building, Washington sat on horseback, while one of his aids read the document that declared the colonies free and independent States. The soldiers welcomed the announcement with cheers, there was general rejoicing throughout the city, and the poor debtors were released from prison to join in the festivities.—Selected.