Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
THE YORKTOWN MONUMENT.

Below are given the dimensions OF the pro
posed monument, at Yorktown, taken from the
drawing and model in possession Of Col. W. p.
Crsighin, engineer corps, United States army,
who, by direction OF the Secretary OF War, viii
supervise its construction, divided Tor the pnr-
pose Of plain understanding by tho reader
into; FIRST, the base; second, the podium
or drum supporting the thirteen
figures; third, The shaft, or upright column
fourth, ths capital, resting directly 81
the final course of the column; 6.th, the pedestal
which supports the figures surmounting tbs
monument; and sixth, the figure, are in height 81
follows:
Base, Is feet inches
podnm, IA feet inches
Shaft. 3S feet inch
Capital, feet inches.
Pedestal, feet inches.
Figure, II feet inches.
Making the total height from the bottom Of the
base. resting on the surface OF the ground &c
the top of tho figure, ninety-fve feet six inches
TIE bottom of the base covers surface area Of
1886 feet The area for inscriptions on escl
side OF the base is Ii, $50 square inches. The
greatest diameter Of the podium is nine fee
three inches. The height of the thirteen figures
surrounding the podium is eight feet tho di
ameter OF the shaft at tho bottom, five feet fiy,
inches, and at the top FIVE feet.
The inscriptions on the base OF tLe monmen
are TO be as follows
North
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Erected
: In pursuance Of :
"A Resolution Of Congress, approved Oct ~. 1891,
. and enc approved june Z, 1850, /.
+: To Commemorate the Victory /:
F: by which /.
3: The Independence Of the United States "a :
a.sahfo.
South
At York town, on Oct 10, 1871,
: After siege Of nineteen days,
by 500 Americans; 1000 French infantrv Of.
+. the Line $500 Militia, under command az :.
Gov Thomas Nelson, and sc French Ships {:
of the Line, !:
Earl CORVALLIS. !.
(. Comma nder of the British forces at Yorktown I.
and Gloucester, /:
Surrendered The Army.
:T,2si officers and men, $40 sean,en, 2s4 cannon, .
and "a standards, /:
/: To his Excelency George Washington, !:
Commander-in-C Chief Of the comhil,ed forces Of :
America and France; (:
To his Ercelency the Count de Rochannbeau /.
Commanding the Auxiliary troops of his Chris .
tan Majesty in America, {:
And to his Excelloncy tho Conlte de drasse, {:
Commandng-in-chef the Naval Army Of !:
France in Chesapeake. /:
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West
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The Treaty,
Concluded Frb. g. IT'S,
Between the United tatss of america /;
Ald Louis XVI, kag OF France, /.
necie
The essential I'd direci end
or the present Defensive Alliance, :
IL 10 ma ntain efecfi' ely
The Liberty, Sow reign;y ard independence, .
Associate ard tlnIiiaS'ed, +:
OF the ,.sih limited Sittaa
As well in matters Of GoNernn ent as Of .
Commerce. /.
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East
The Provisional Articles 81 Peace,
: Concluded Nov. 80, 1852, :
And the Do finite Trent, Of Peace
Conclrded Sept 3 l7s3 .
Between the United ststes 81 America
: And George Ill, King Of Great Britain and Ire
iSnd,
Declares:
=: His Britannia Majesty Acknowledges tile sad !.
United S.ates,
f: VIZ: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay !.
. Rhode Island and Providence Plantations /.
Connecticut New Nork, New Jersey, :
f: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia.
To be Free and Sovereign and independent .
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