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The Champlain tercentenary

The Champlain tercentenary

by Henry Wayland Hill

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Author
Hill, Henry Wayland, 1853-1929
Title
The Champlain tercentenary : Final report of the New York Lake Champlain tercentenary commission
Original Publication
United States: J. B. Lyon Company, 1913.
Credits
Sonya Schermann, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
Subject
Champlain Valley -- Antiquities
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70842
Release Date
May 23, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.The Champlain Tercentenary
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.CONTENTS
  7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. 8.Untitled
  9. 9.Part One MEMORIALS TO SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN
  10. 10.I. CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIALS TO SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN — DESCRIPTION
  11. 11.II. THE ALLEGORICAL BUST, “LA FRANCE,” AND THE PERSONNEL AND MISSION OF THE FRENCH DELEGATION — Allegorical Interpretation.
  12. 12.III. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND HOSPITALITIES EXTENDED TO THE FRENCH VISITORS IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON AND ELSEWHERE
  13. 13.IV. BANQUET AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY, MAY 1, 1912, AND PRESENTATION OF RODIN BUST “LA FRANCE” — Address of President John H. Finley — Address of Attorney-General George W. Wickersham — Address of Ambassador Jusserand — Address of Lieutenant-Governor Thomas F. Conway — Address of Mayor William J. Gaynor — Address of His Excellency, Albert Auguste Gabrielle Hanotaux — Address of Senator Henry W. Hill
  14. 14.V. FRENCH DELEGATION ENTERTAINED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK — Address of M. Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux — Address of Count de Chambrun
  15. 15.VI. FRENCH VISITORS AND CHAMPLAIN COMMISSIONERS ENTERTAINED AT TICONDEROGA, LATER INSPECT CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL LIGHTHOUSE AT CROWN POINT, WHERE THEY FORMALLY PLACE THE BUST “LA FRANCE” AND THEN JOURNEY TO PLATTSBURGH. REPORT TO PARIS — Address of Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux
  16. 16.VII. THEY VISIT CANADA, NIAGARA FALLS AND SAIL FOR FRANCE. IMPRESSIONS AND COMMENTS BY FRENCH VISITORS ON EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA
  17. 17.VIII. IMPRESSIONS OF M. RENÉ BAZIN
  18. 18.IX. COMMENT IN APPRECIATION OF THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH DELEGATION AND HONORS CONFERRED
  19. 19.Part Two DEDICATORY CEREMONIES
  20. 20.I. PREPARATION FOR DEDICATORY CEREMONIES, INCLUDING MILITARY FEATURES — CROWN POINT FORTS — PLATTSBURGH
  21. 21.II. UNVEILING TABLET AT THE ENGLISH FORT. — REPORT OF THE TABLET COMMITTEE — Address of Acceptance of Tablet by James Austin Holden, State Historian and Treasurer, New York State Historical Association
  22. 22.III. DEDICATORY CEREMONIES OF CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL LIGHTHOUSE AT CROWN POINT FORTS JULY 5, 1912
  23. 23.IV. SAIL DOWN THE LAKE TO BLUFF POINT — CHAMPLAIN HOTEL, BLUFF POINT, JULY 6, 1912.
  24. 24.V. CALL AT THE SUMMER SCHOOL, REVIEW OF THE FIFTH INFANTRY REGIMENT, U. S. A., AT PLATTSBURGH BARRACKS, TOUR OF THE CITY, RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE HON. SMITH M. WEED AND LUNCHEON AT THE FOUQUET HOUSE
  25. 25.VI. DEDICATORY CEREMONIES OF THE CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL STATUE AT PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., JULY 6, 1912
  26. 26.Part Three CONCLUSION
  27. 27.I. FEDERAL CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES, REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS AND OTHERS.
  28. 28.II. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN APPRECIATION OF THE ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN NATIONS, MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS.
  29. 29.III. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
  30. 30.IV. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE CHAMPLAIN REGION
  31. 31.V. CONCLUSION OF THE WORK OF THE NEW YORK LAKE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY COMMISSION — Activities of the Tercentenary Commissioners
  32. 32.Appendix
  33. 33.I. REPORT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS — SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF 1909. — RECOMMENDATION.
  34. 34.II. ENGLISH FORTS
  35. 35.III. REPORT OF CAPTAIN EDWARD MOTT
  36. 36.IV. NOTES ON THE ARCHÆOLOGY OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
  37. 37.V. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
  38. 38.Report of W. C. Witherbee, Treasurer, New York—Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission, as of May 26, 1913.
  39. 39.Untitled
  40. 40.Untitled
  41. 41.ANALYTICAL INDEX
  42. 42.FOOTNOTES:
  43. 43.Untitled

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