The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-22
UNFA AMIlAR FACES
Historical Characters of Whose
Looks We Knew Rothing.
THEY LEFT NO PORTRAITS.

Many Of The Famous Figures and He
roes of Colonial and Revolutionary
Times Arc as Blanks to Us So Far
a. Their Personal Appearance 10
Concerned.
In the search for portrait Of Thom-
as Willett, the first mayor Of New
York, the committee from the City
club visited nearly every print dealer
In the city in addition to scores Of pri-
vate collectors Of Americana. But
there was no portrait to be found
Any one who has ever attempted to
= make collection Of the pictures OF
the big men Of early New York soon
realizes that there are many blanks.
For instance, of the four Dutch. gov
ernors Peter Stuyyesant is the only
one Of whom we have correct por-
trait. Of Peter Minuet, William Kieft
and Wouter van Twilier there is aoso-
lutely nothing accurate, although vari-
Gus caricatures have appeared from
time to time.
The same IS true Of a,still more emf
aent New Yorker, William Bradford.
the first printer, who founded in 1I25
the New York Gazette. which was the
arst newspaper printed in the prov
ince. Bradford was SO prominent
man and so active for years, both In
Philadelphia as we'll as in New York,
that it Is rather surprising not to have
something worthy Of being called a
true portrait. II there was, perhaps
his features might be on the tablet
erected on the site Of his printing Of
Gee, now Of the Cotton Exchange, at
Hanover square.
The lack Of ~ authentic portrait OF
Nathan Hale, the martyr spy Of the
Revolution. is somewhat better. KNOWN
although the sculptors MacMonnieS.
Partridge and others have not al
lowed this to restrain them from de-
picting the features Of the young sol
dser in stone or bronze. OF Colonel
Ethan Alien there is no known por-
trait. and the same is true OF the
doughty warrior, General Nicholas
Eeskimer.
One Of the heroes Of Bunker hill,
Colonel Richard Gridley, has left no
portrait. He was the artHerist and
engineer who built the Notifications
the night before the battle. Other
prominent Revolutionary fighters OF
whom no pictures exist are Colonel
William Ledyard. the defender Of New
London, who was killed by British
officer when Ledyard surrendered the
fort; General Thomas Conway. leader
OF the notorious cabal to depose Wash
iagton from the command of the army
in 1!71; Colonel Seth Warner, who was
prominent in the attacks on TicooGe-
roga and Crown point and in the bat
tie Of Bennington; General Seth Pom
eroy of Massachusetts,, and General
Samae. Holden Parsons, one Of the
board which tried Major Andre and
was appointed by Washington as the
FIRST Judge Of the northwest territory.
No accurate portraits exist Of two OF
the ffty-six sigrers Of the Declaration
OF independence. John Morton OF Penn
sylvania and John Hart Of New Jer-
sey, although portrait which IS said
to be that Of Hart hangs IN Independ-
enee hall in Philadelphia and Is said to
hsye been painted from miniature.
There is nothing extaut Of the IA
ther Of George Washington, Augustine
Washington, nor have any portraits
been discovered Of Colonel Ball, IA
:ther of Mass Washington, mother of
the general, or of John cambridge, IA
ther Of Washington's wife, Martha
Washington.
= A portrait which great many col
lectors OF old New York material
would give q good deal to obtain IS
that OF Samuel Fraunces, the West In
dian tavern keeper. whose best known
house was the old Fraunces' tavern,
now owned by the Sons Of the Revolu-
tion, restored since they purchased it
few years ago to its original cono-
don. It is on lower Broad street, on
the corner Of Pearl street, and the
famous long room in which Washing
ton took farewell Of his officers has
been restored as closely as possible to
it's original form.
There IS no portrait Of William Cum
ningham, the heartless keeper Of the
provost Jail in corner Of City Hall
park during the Revolution. Betsy
Boss, the celebrated maker Of the frst
stars and stripes, has no portrait. Cap
tain Miles Standish Is among those
who have left nothing Of their per-
sonal appearance, nor is anything
known Of the intrepid French explor-
es Joliet, who traced the sources OF the
Mississippi
Others Of more or less note Of whom
there are no portraits are the old Eng
Ksh dramatist, Christopher Marlowe;
Richard Savage, another well known
English dramatist, who died IN 114S;
Marquis Duquesne, from whom Fort
Duouesne, now Pittsburgh, got its first
name from the French; George Gin
ton, royal governor Of New York from
174S to 1853 and father Of the British
general in the Revolution, Henry Clin-
ton; Colons, John Henry Cruger, Gen
eral Oliver de Lancey, Governor VIII
liam Tryon, General john Forbes,
Baron Dieskau, General Robert Howe
and Bourrienne, Napoleon's famous
secretary, who wrote an excellent life
OF the great French emperor.-New
York Times.
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