New-York tribune., 1901-04-16
4 CONEDY OF ERRORS.
PLACING OF THE TABLET ON THE
HALL OF RECORDS.

Not often has there been a neater comedy OF err
than that performed yesterday in the dlsnlneo
Hall of Records by the and enthusiastic
Mary Washington Colonial Chapter. Daughters OF
the American Revolution
The chapter had decided to place tablet IN the
registry building City Hall Square. which during
the Revolutionary War used by the British as
a prison for American patriots. to commemorate
their sufferings for the cause.
The inscription reads. This tablet marks the
site of the Provost Prison. where patriots died for
the OF freedom about 1756 Erected by the
Mary Washington Colonial Chapter. Daughters OF
the American Revolution. April 15. 1901'-which is
Scene l in the comedy, unless the popular oehei
that the Colonies did rebel until nearly score
of years later than that date is popular deluslon
Scene is embodied in the fact that the tablet
was placed not in the old prison, but in portion
added only few years ago. third situation
may be found r the announcement that April 10
selected for the ceremony because the BRUSH
left New-York that day. This suggests that
some one has blundered," November % mas
been regarded for something more than century
as the anniversary of Evacuation Day.
To complete the list of discrepancies, the Kew.
Dr. John Peters who made address, said that
he was somewhat at a loss to understand why ne
should have been hOnored by an invitation u
speak. his ancestors fought the British side
The regent of the chapter Miss Mary Van Buren
Vanderpoel unveiled the tablet. and Randolph
Guggenheimer. president of the Council, mace 'he
memorial address He said:
the interesting iart that hos .e fuPbuent
days in which the founders of this republic won oy
the SWORD their & e2unrrys VS. ndep 3ndence tall ii and
used a prison for debtors up to the time OF
the Revolution During that immortal strusgieSs
l775 to list used for the Imprisonment OF
who were then called American rebels, ana
who to-day lauded by all the world as rths ths
il under the charge of the notorious Marshai
GnVerssy as ' the Provost The Character
this enemy of his country's liberty can be DIS
arh xyhiN
Rvington IN Ga2aette" Of July :, is79: 'one Hunt
was to-day delivered to the custody Of ProVos. Sn
Marshal Cunningham to sympathize at leisure en-
Provost with his mqngrei friend Van masSo ON
h snd h d%ned nGmba Si OF M
friends. Strong cords being prepared for them
will see to 1T that those cords are used" -,
execution tf Of Nathan % Hale, the noblest of all the
martyrs to the cause Of American liberty the
RseGe 5e base of he WHICH stands in City
Park. but also in tho hearts of his countrynen for
it is sweet and glorious to die for ones @ amy
regret is that have but one life to give for my
of the American Revolution selected this day for
the ceremony which has now taken place. II was
sailed away from the city Of New-York carrying
at the hands of embattied American farmers The
Daughters Of the American Revolution discharge a
patriotic duty in marking with bronze or marble
i SpGu p al ared hv The fathers in the sacred
cause OF national independence. congratulate the
society upon fidelity those superb principles
for which the Revolutionary heroes fought gal
lantly. and take very great pleasure. both as an
American and as the representative OF the CITY or
New-YorS. in being present at the unveiinG of this
tablet.
Miss Vanderpoel said afterward. when asked to
explain these ttle miscaculations: We'll. If April
Is is not Evacuation Dav. the last redcoat left on
that date anyway. We had the best historians
look 1t up for us. And for the lI5t-I m sure l
don't know how it happened, but that the date
the building erected, ana suppose they
got mixed in the inscription