The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-10-28

Below are given tho dimensions OF the pro-
posed monument, mt Yorktown, taken from the
drawing and model in possession of Col. w. p.
who, by direction Of the Secretary OF War, will
supervise its construction, divided for the pur-
pose of plain understanding by the reader
into; First, the base; second, the podium,
or drum supporting the thirteen
figures third the shaft, or upright column;
fourth, the capital, resting directly on
the final course of the columns fifth, the pedestal,
which supports the figures surmounting the
monument; and sixth, the figure, are in height AZ
follows:
Base. 25.feet inches.
Podium, IA feet inches.
Shaft, 3l feet inch.
Capital b feet inches.
Pedestal, 3 feet inches.
Figure, ii feet 4 Inches.
Making the total height from the bottom Of the
lase. resting on the surface OF the ground to
the top of the figure, ninety-hve feet six inches.
The bottom of the base covers surface area Of
945. 56 feet. The area for inscriptions on each
side of the base is Is, $50 square inches. The
greatest diameter OF the podium il nine feet
three inches. The height Of the thirteen figures
surrounding the podium is eight feet; the di-
lmeter OF the shaft at the bottom, five feot five
inches, aud at the top five feet.
The inscriptions on the base OF the monument
are to be as follows
North
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Erected
: In pursuance OF
"A Resolution of Congress, approved Oct n, 17sl,:
{: aud one approved June z, 1850,
To Commemorate the Victory
by which
The Independence of the United stateso.
: America was achieved
ooutn-
At Yorktown, Oct. ls, 1871,
I: After siege of nineteen days,
BY 800 Americans; 1000 French infantry of:
the Line, $500 Militia, under command of
: Gov Thomas Nelson, and So French Ships
. of the Line,
Earl Cornwals,
{: Commander OF the British forces at Yorktown
(: and Gloucester,
Surrendered the Army
1921 officers and men, $40 seamen, 24l cannon:
and "a standards,
To his Excellency George Washington,
4: Commander-in-Chiefo of the combined forces Of
America and France;
{: To his EHcellency the Count de Rochambeau,
Commanding the Auxiliary troops of his Chris:
tan Majesty in America,
/. And 10 his Excellency the COmte de Grasse,
Commanding in-chef the Naval Army of
France in Chesapeake.
West
The Treaty,
Concluded Feb. g, l778
Between the United States of America
And Louis XVI, King of France,
: Declares
The essential and direct end
or the present Defensive Alliance,
. Is to maintain effectively
/: The Liberty, Sovereignty and Independence,
Absolute and Unlimited,
OF the said United States,
/: AS well in matters of Government as of
COmmerca
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East
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The Provisional Articles of Peace,
Concluded Nov. 80, 1882,
+. And the Definite Treaty OF Peaoe
Concluded Sept 3, 1885,
Between the United States of America
: And George Ill, King Of Great Britain and Ire
land,
Declares:
: His Britannia Majesty Acknowledges the said
United States,
Viz: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay,
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia,
To be Free and Sovereign and Independent
States.