
The Champlain tercentenary
by Henry Wayland Hill New York . Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1913]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (323)
- The Champlain Tercentenary
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Part One MEMORIALS TO SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN
- I. CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIALS TO SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN
- DESCRIPTION
- II. THE ALLEGORICAL BUST, “LA FRANCE,” AND THE PERSONNEL AND MISSION OF THE FRENCH DELEGATION
- Allegorical Interpretation.
- III. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND HOSPITALITIES EXTENDED TO THE FRENCH VISITORS IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON AND ELSEWHERE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- VII. THEY VISIT CANADA, NIAGARA FALLS AND SAIL FOR FRANCE. IMPRESSIONS AND COMMENTS BY FRENCH VISITORS ON EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA
- VIII. IMPRESSIONS OF M. RENÉ BAZIN
- IX. COMMENT IN APPRECIATION OF THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH DELEGATION AND HONORS CONFERRED
- Part Two DEDICATORY CEREMONIES
- I. PREPARATION FOR DEDICATORY CEREMONIES, INCLUDING MILITARY FEATURES
- CROWN POINT FORTS
- PLATTSBURGH
- 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
- III. DEDICATORY CEREMONIES OF CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL LIGHTHOUSE AT CROWN POINT FORTS JULY 5, 1912
- IV. SAIL DOWN THE LAKE TO BLUFF POINT
- CHAMPLAIN HOTEL, BLUFF POINT, JULY 6, 1912.
- 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
- VI. DEDICATORY CEREMONIES OF THE CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL STATUE AT PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., JULY 6, 1912
- Part Three CONCLUSION
- I. FEDERAL CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES, REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS AND OTHERS.
- 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.
- III. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
- IV. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE CHAMPLAIN REGION
- V. CONCLUSION OF THE WORK OF THE NEW YORK LAKE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY COMMISSION
- Activities of the Tercentenary Commissioners
- Appendix
- I. REPORT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF 1909.
- RECOMMENDATION.
- II. ENGLISH FORTS
- III. REPORT OF CAPTAIN EDWARD MOTT
- IV. NOTES ON THE ARCHÆOLOGY OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
- V. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
- Report of W. C. Witherbee, Treasurer, New York—Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission, as of May 26, 1913.
- ANALYTICAL INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
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