{"product_id":"2940013874763","title":"THE OLD BELL OF INDEPENDENCE","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF GENERAL WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SPY'S FATE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF THE SERMON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF THE PRAYER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF LYDIA DARRAGH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DEAD MAN'S LAKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HALF-BREED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEATH OF COLONEL LOVELACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMURDER OF MISS McCREA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEFENCE OF SHELL'S BLOCK-HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBATES'S REVENGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF GENERAL WAYNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE OUTLAW OF THE PINES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TORY'S CONVERSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TIMELY RESCUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BATTLE OF THE KEGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARNOLD'S TREASON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAPTURE OF GENERAL PRESCOTT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJONATHAN RILEY AND FRANK LILLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMASSACRE OF WYOMING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF THE DAUPHIN'S BIRTHDAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE OLD BELL OF INDEPENDENCE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a season of unparalleled enthusiasm and rejoicing, when General\u003cbr\u003eLafayette, the friend and supporter of American Independence, responded\u003cbr\u003eto the wishes of the people of the United States, and came to see their\u003cbr\u003eprosperity, and to hear their expressions of gratitude. The national\u003cbr\u003eheart beat joyfully in anticipation; and one long, loud, and free shout\u003cbr\u003eof welcome was heard throughout the land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving at New York in August, 1824, General Lafayette journeyed\u003cbr\u003ethrough the Eastern States, receiving such tokens of affection as the\u003cbr\u003epeople had extended to no other man except Washington, and then returned\u003cbr\u003esouthward. On the 28th of September, he entered Philadelphia, the\u003cbr\u003ebirth-place of the Declaration of Independence, the greater part of the\u003cbr\u003epopulation coming out to receive and welcome him. A large procession was\u003cbr\u003eformed, and thirteen triumphal arches erected in the principal streets\u003cbr\u003ethrough which the procession passed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter General Lafayette himself, the most remarkable objects in the\u003cbr\u003eprocession were four large open cars, resembling tents, each containing\u003cbr\u003eforty veterans of the struggle for independence. No one could, without\u003cbr\u003eemotion, behold these winter-locked patriots, whose eyes, dimmed by age,\u003cbr\u003epoured forth tears of joy at their unexpected happiness in once more\u003cbr\u003emeeting an old commander, and joining in the expressions of gratitude to\u003cbr\u003ehim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter passing through the principal streets, General Lafayette was\u003cbr\u003econducted into the hall of the State-House, where the old Continental\u003cbr\u003eCongress had assembled, and where the immortal Declaration of\u003cbr\u003eIndependence was signed. Here the nation's guest was received formally\u003cbr\u003eon behalf of the citizens by the mayor, and then the people were\u003cbr\u003eadmitted to take him by the hand. At night there was a splendid\u003cbr\u003eillumination; and crowds of people traversed the streets, singing and\u003cbr\u003ecelebrating the exploits of the champion of liberty and the friend of\u003cbr\u003eAmerica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn one of the days succeeding Lafayette's grand entry into the city,\u003cbr\u003ehe received, in the Hall of Independence, the veteran soldiers of the\u003cbr\u003eRevolution who had come to the city, and those who were residents. One\u003cbr\u003eby one these feeble old men came up and took the General by the hand,\u003cbr\u003eand to each he had some reminiscence to recall, or some congratulation\u003cbr\u003eto offer. Heroes of Brandy wine, Germantown, Trenton, Princeton,\u003cbr\u003eMonmouth, and other fields, were there; some with scars to show, and all\u003cbr\u003emuch suffering to relate. The old patriotic fire was kindled in their\u003cbr\u003ebreasts, and beamed from their furrowed countenances, as memory flew\u003cbr\u003eback to the time that proved their truth and love of liberty. One had\u003cbr\u003ebeen under the command of the fiery Wayne, and shared his dangers with\u003cbr\u003ea spirit as dauntless; another had served with the cool and skilful\u003cbr\u003eGreene, and loved to recall some exploit in which the Quaker general\u003cbr\u003ehad displayed his genius; another had followed the lead of Lafayette\u003cbr\u003ehimself, when a mere youth, at Brandywine: everything conspired to\u003cbr\u003erender this interview of the General and the veteran soldiers as\u003cbr\u003etouching and as interesting as any recorded by history, or invented by\u003cbr\u003efiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the reception of the veterans, one of them proposed to go up into\u003cbr\u003ethe belfry, and see the old bell which proclaimed liberty \"to all the\u003cbr\u003eland, and to all the nations thereof.\" Lafayette and a few others\u003cbr\u003eaccompanied the proposal by expressing a wish to see that interesting\u003cbr\u003erelic. With great difficulty, some of the old men were conducted up to\u003cbr\u003ethe belfry, and there they beheld the bell still swinging. Lafayette was\u003cbr\u003emuch gratified at the sight, as it awakened his old enthusiasm to think\u003cbr\u003eof the period when John Adams and his bold brother patriots dared to\u003cbr\u003eassert the principles of civil liberty, and to proclaim the independence\u003cbr\u003eof their country.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069490741488,"sku":"2940013874763","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013874763_p0.jpg?v=1763596426","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013874763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}