Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-20

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y The aorkmeu. while t~ontinaing The excaVa-
zion Tor ne Meeting street tidai-drain. yesteI-
dav. uncovered, AZ The Intersection of Broad
and Meeting streets, 9 piece Of solid brick
mssonu which can b. none ether than the
~oririn.i foundation OF tha Pitt statne, aow IN
~ rrounds OF the Ouhln House. The statue
vas procured IN obodiense TO a resolution Of
the Provincial Legislature, A a memorial
and testimony Of The great renerauon they
have for the person Of william Pitt, and the
obligations they lie under, In common with the
re4t Of hes Maiesty's American subjects, az
well for his services IN general to ms king and
country as for his noble, dhsinterested and gene
rous assistance towards obtaining the repeal %
the stamp act"
Ii ne south Carolina Gassiis, January 9th,
iT67. there il the following extract from a let
ter d The Committee Of Correspondence, 10
Charles Garth, Esq, the Agent Of the Province
in Engiand, dated CHARLESTON, October 20,
1907. 10 answer 20 a letter of Mr.. Garth's 70
Them, Fizf awfW
"That part concerning the statue Of Mr..
Pitt, (now Lord C~hathaIp,) was taken imme-
diately into constellation II twas detsrnined
by The HOME 10 have q fixed in the most pub
lie part % the toEn. whefe two Of the longest
and hroadestof our streets that run east and
west. north and south. i~niersect each other al
right angles, one Of which is sixty, the other
seventy feet wide, and both a. straight as an
arrow. In the eross-way Of these two streets
the statue Is supposed 20 be erected, and viii
have our new Church. our new Market the
State House,t Hnd Armorys-all public build
ings-at the several eornets Of i.n
The Supplement 10 The South Csroliua Go
zah, May NJ, ITO, ooitains the following
paragraph, viz:
aIhis day arrived here IN The ship Carolins
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thirtv-eighf days. Marble Statue Of that eel
ebrated English patriot, The Right Honorable
William Pitt, now Lord Chatham, for which
the Assembly Of this Pruvince voted fi,000
sterling. in the year 1905. II ia a colossal
Statue, done BY Mr.. Wilton, highly finished,
and rsckoncd as complete a piece Of sculpture
a. ever was done In England. When landed,
il is to be erected in the square, between the
state House, Guard House, 50. Michael's
Charch and the Public Market, (now the City
Hail. the present Lord Chatham being equally
respected BY them with the former great Com
moneT."
Mr.. WIN. Akron came out in the same ves-
sci, 10 put up the Statue.
The Statue was landed amid The rejoieings Of
the inhabitants, and on May 81, ITO, was
raised and fixed IN It's place, upon a pedestal
previously prepared Tor it.
This Satue, which was surrounded By an
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NAMED at the intersection Of Broad and Meet
ing streets during the whole Revolutionary
War. unhut b. anything except a cannon
BAH, which, during the siege Of Charleston, in
1850, was discharged from a British fort on
James Island, and which, ranging across Ash
ley river and along Meeting street, carried of
Mr.. Pitts right srm-eNtendcd as If in the act
Of addressing an audience.
In 1924, in consequence Of its ~obstucting the
streets. the Statue was taken down. The South
Carolina Gazdffe, March ~, 1924, says D.
d" Yesterday the Marble Statue Of the late
Earl q Chatham, which hid been standing FOR
a number Of years in Broad and Meeting streets.
was pulled down. The Eon railing round 4
had been displaced several years since"
10 May, 1s08, the Stimulating been re-
paired at the expense Of the Commissioner Of
the Orphan House-was erected upon a pedes-
tai In the front yard, pertaining 10 the Orphan
House, where II still stands.
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