Dr William Plumer Jacobs in Charleston - 16 November, 1860
from Diary of William Plumer Jacobs, page 65:
Joining the crowd, I followed my nose to the corner of Hayne and Meeting to see the Liberty Pole erected. It is some eighty or ninety feet tall with a gilded ball on the summit. Scarce had I reached the arena and secured a standing place before the cannon of the LaFayette Artillery boomed on the air amid the cracking of glass and the banner was unfurled amid the huzzas of the multitude, bearing a palmetto sprinkled with fifteen stars and the legend "Animis Opibusque parati" - the gift of the ladies of Charleston. After a prayer, the audience of five thousand was addressed by Theo. Barker … more >>
Dr William Plumer Jacobs, Diary of William Plumer Jacobs. In Thornwell Jacobs (ed.), Diary of William Plumer Jacobs, volume 138 (1937), p. 65. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447519325420 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Date/Time | 16 November, 1860 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |