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Monument of Elbridge Gerry completed...
Monument of Elbridge Gerry completed...
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August 02, 1823
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, from Boston, Massachusetts, dated August 2, 1823
* Elbridge Gerry monument erected
A front page report datelined "Washington, July 25, 1823" is headed "Monument To Elbridge Gerry" and begins:
* The Monument voted by Congress to erected in memory of the late Vice-President Gerry is now finished
The report continues with a description of the monument, and includes the text of the inscription that appears on the monument. Gerry is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington and the monument was placed over his grave.
Note: According to a source, this was the first monument erected at the nation's expense.
Other news of the day with advertisements. Has the subscriber's name written above the masthead. Occasional foxing, otherwise in nice condition and complete in four pages.
wikipedia notes: Elbridge Thomas Gerry (pronounced /ˈgɛri/) (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States of America, serving under James Madison, from March 4, 1813 until his death a year and a half later.[1] He was the first Vice President never to run for President of the United States.
Gerry was one of the signers of the US Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was one of three men who refused to sign the Constitution because it did not then include a Bill of Rights. Gerry later became Governor of Massachusetts. He is known best for being the namesake of gerrymandering, a process by which electoral districts are drawn with the aim of aiding the party in power, although the pronunciation - jer - differs from the pronunciation of Gerry's name (see Gerrymandering#Etymology).
Category: Pre-Civil War
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