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Identifier: historicalaccoun01etti (find matches)
Title: An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Etting, Frank M. (Frank Marx)
Subjects: Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Boston, J. R. Osgood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Independence Chamber A RECEPTACLE FOi
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-PRIOR TO Restoration. PEALES PORTRAITS. 165 since the futile effort to restore its sound by enlarging the cause of itsdissonance,! was taken from its scaffolding and lowered to the firstfloor. A massive pedestal of wood, ornamented by Roman fasces, liberty-caps, and festooned flags, was constructed in Independence Chamber,and the old Bell, with its tongue uprooted, and surmounted by PealesEagle, was placed upon it. Most opportunely in October, 1854, Mr. Peales gallery of paintingswas offered for sale at public auction. This same gallery, it will beremembered, formed part of Peales Museum daring its occuj^ancy ofthe second floor of the State House. Earnest efforts were made to secure the whole collection for the cityof Philadelphia, but failing in this, the agents who attended the salesucceeded in securing quite a number of historical portraits, amongthem thirteen of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. All the paintings then purchased were indiscriminately placed inIndepen

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  • bookyear:1876
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Etting__Frank_M___Frank_Marx_
  • booksubject:Independence_Hall__Philadelphia__Pa__
  • bookpublisher:Boston__J__R__Osgood_and_company
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:235
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
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