Arguments in Behalf of Petitions for Aid in the Preservation of the Old South Meeting-House (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Arguments in Behalf of Petitions for Aid in the Preservation of the Old South Meeting-House Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, - I appear here in support of more than fifty petitions, coming from all parts of the commonwealth, from Cape Cod to Berkshire, praying for the passage of this resolve. I propose to state very briefly what has been done by the public in this behalf, and leave the argument to others. The Old South was built in 1729, and is older than the Old State House, older than Faneuil Hall, and is probably the oldest building in the commonwealth prominently connected with our history. In 1876 the society which owned it decided to sell it. The building was put up at auction and sold to be removed. In order to save it from destruction, an appeal was made to the people of the commonwealth and the nation. The appeal was answered by so many persons, not only in this State but in many other States, that the response was thought sufficient to warrant a deliberate attempt to save the building. As the society could not hold it, or were unwilling to hold it, certain parties purchased the building, and paid the Old South Society in money four hundred thousand dollars. It was then conveyed to Mr. Henry P. Kidder and Mr. Henry Lee, of Boston, subject to the claims of the parties who advanced the money. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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