The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-14

In me Masonic temples OF Omaha anu Ci"tUu,
iowa; thence it was taken to Springfield, ILL.,,
and rang at Lincoln's old home ana AZ me
mariyred Presidents tomb; also. in the state
G. Ditol building. The Sunday.schooi chioren
also permitted TO ring 1t. over TINS chuIch
Rev, J. X. Mclean. DID,, Of Oakland. Cal'
filled his first pastOrate
The Sunday school children OF the Congrega-
tional Church of Gaesburg. Ill. where t;I'9. my
nephews attended, rang tile bell. At Chicago
II was rung IN the City Hall; from the Top OF
various halls OF the fraternity In me nand:
OF General Miles; In all the large buildings OF
tne WORLDS Fair and In the California, limos,
Massachusetts and other State buildings ID
process process of erection. Next in he Masonic sonic
Temple and City Hall at Detroit, Mich. Next
from the top of Bunker Hill Monument; from
the StatehOuse and Faneuil Hall In Boston; on |
the top OF Dorchester HeIghIs where. on 81.
PatricK's day, Washington compelled the BRIT
ish troops under Lord Howe to evacuate bos-
ton.
The teachers and pupils of he Halves School.
Boston, which 1 attended WIN boy. were |
permitted TO ring it. Then on Boston Common. !
where formerly stood the old elm the tree ol
liberty long since removed, II was again fufs !
The spot is row enclosed by an iron fence on |
which Is copper tablet with the history OF The
tree Inscribed III reOn.
Next on Governors Island. New York har
b0r at the headquarters of General y. y. How
ard. with whom dined. NexI in the top or
mead OF The Statue of Liberty Enghtening Inc
World, statue over 800 feet in height. Next
on The suspension bridge between New YORK
CITY and BROOKLYN, and in the City Halls OF both
cities. Then The little liberty DELL was taken to
OLD independence Hall. Philadelphia, to see It's
mother and verify its gen, aogy: BY iortuitous
circumstances, Brother Albert Mack happened
10 be I'D Philadelphia at the time, and together
we made careful examination and found
where the chipping Of the great liberty bell had
been done along on the inside OF the rim aud up
10 Inc crac", from the clippings OF which our
little liberty bell was cast. We further ascer-
tanned that he belfounder. Bonifund Bernard,
who ola the chipping and cast the little bell,
was stu living. and being a soldier of tho Mex
ican war, as well as OF the late War OF the
Rebellion. was an inmate Of the Soldiers Home
In virginia. he repeatedly assured those to
whom lie gave the facts of the genuineness and
legitimacy OF The birth of the little liberty bell
as being the true and lawful daughter OF It's re-
nOwned mother, which first proclaimed to the
world The Declaration OF American Liberty and
Independence.
Willie seated in the chair in which John Han
COCK. the first Signer. as the President Of the
Continental Congress which adopted it by resO-
lutlon, occupled 1t was ag In Inng. ana placed
upon the table upon which the immortal Decla-
ration OF Independence was signeds IL was
then taken 10 the beliry where It's mother per.
formed her sacred duty more than a century
ago. III was next beai d from the IubliC build
ings OF Baltimore, at the flagstaff and on the
ramparts of Fort McHenry, made famous by
the attack upon 1t by the British fleet in 1872
and immOTtaZed by Key in our national song
g he Star-spangIed Banner" Then al Federal
Hill. at Baltimore, Ind, on the spot where, al
The beginning OF the late war, the Sixth Regi.
iCut ol NidSSdCDuSFtlS tOIuuL CTS were AT.
taos ed and lost so many men,
Then from the top OF Washington monument
at Baltimore. Then at the cemetery wine & re-
pose the ashes OF my comrades of the Mexican
war. Major Ringold. Captain Ridgely CAPTAIN
May and Lieutenant-C Colonel Watson. whose
remains mad been eXhumed and brought from
exlco TO be inferred on their native soil, the
Deli tins led its little notes of memoriam. AT
Washington City, in the White House, on top
OF he Capitol, from the top of the great Wash
ington monument. $50 feet in height at The
ham af nj lob
L0gan'S tomb IN The adjoining soldiers ceme
terry, in The United States treasury, War;
Navy and Pension buildings. the Masonic en-
pie OF the Supreme Council of the thirty-t bird
degree OF FreemasOnry for tile southern juris-
disction OF the United Safes and at other ma.
sonic places at Washington. Then in the Ma.
sonic Hall at Alexandra Lodge of FreemasOns
at Alexandria. Va, While seated IN the same
cn2ir occupied by Washington when master OF
the lodge II was again rung. Washington dur
lug his lncumbeDcy as master OF the lodge exc
cuted deed OF gilt unOp which then stood and
still stands Alexandria Masonic Hail.
The bell was then rung at General Braddock's
headquarters. The building and wall of the mOat
being IN good state Of preservation; IN the
building OF Marshalps Tavern. where the pa
triot Ellsworth and the traitor Marshall fell
mortaliy wounded 1T the beginning of lie war
Of the rebellion; in shingthu's pew, In
Christ Church, where he wOrshped. and in
The same seat he was wont to occupy; IN the
National Cemetery aud in the mansion OF Gen
era Robert Lee al Arlington Heights. AT The
graves OF Sheridan, Porter. and where %, 600
others, office and men OF the Union army are
sleeping together under The broad canopy OF
heaven the littir liberty bell broke the silence
AS II TO say, Liberty and union and indie pend-
ence still live, and will continue to live through
your sacrifice forever"
Then the bell returned to its home In Oak.
land. Cal, where 1t will ever remain. Ii was
rung by The children of R0>edaIe School at the
celebration OF the one hundred and seventeenth
anniversary of lie battle of Bun er Hill on the
17th of June last, at their schOolhOuse III Sumol
Valley, Alameda County. 1t was carried and |
rung by the Associ ted Veterans OF the uex- |
can War in the Fourth of July procession of |
1898. In San Francisco. and finally was used by |
The Pr sident of the Day al The celebration OF |
the one hundred and fourth anniversary of the |
Fall of the Baslile, Oh the 14th day OF July last,
on which occasion tile Sous OF the American |
Revolution were present as invited guests.
SO ibe little liberty bell has Travelled vastly |
more than its mother who is at Chicago at the |
Worlds Fair. 1t /, never loaned. nor can il be
so under any circumstance TO any person or
society, and cannot be used at any place unless
accompanied by myself as Its CUSTODIAN. Such
is the regulation and law regarding II, and it
cannot be violated. l have thus, in accordance
with your request. given its history and lin-
erancy OF its travels. with much pleasure and
at your service. l ncl0se for the cabinet Of
made from tn leaves OF a palmetto gathered al
Fort MOutrie, on Sulvan's Island, near
Charleston. S. c., where General Sumter of |
revolutionary fame drove the British fleet un-
der Sir Peter Parker from his attack upon this
fort. which was built Of palmetto logs. 1t was
sent me by Stephen ID. Kirk. a brother Mason
In Charleston. aud Is the bandiWork OF his sis.
ter. VIII the society please accept II as me.
mento OF this correspondence?