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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776
General Was.h.i.+ngton, first President. 1789 and 1793
John Adams 1797
Thomas Jefferson 1801 and 1805
James Madison 1809 and 1813
James Monroe 1817 and 1821
John Quincy Adams 1825
General Andrew Jackson 1829 and 1833
Martin Van Buren 1837
General William Henry Harrison (died 4th April) 1841
John Tyler (elected as Vice-President). 1841
James Knox Polk 1845
General Zachary Taylor (died 9th July, 1850) 1849
Millard Fillmore (elected as Vice-President) 1850
General Franklin Pierce 1853
James Buchanan 1857
Abraham Lincoln (a.s.sa.s.sinated 14th April, 1865) 1861 and 1865
Andrew Johnson (elected as Vice-President) 1865
General Ulysses S. Grant 1869 and 1873
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877
General J. Abram Garfield (died 19th September, 1881) 1881
General Chester A. Arthur (elected as V. Pres.) 1881
Grover Cleveland 1885
Benjamin H. Harrison 1889
Grover Cleveland 1893
William McKinley (elected) 1897
(Re-elected) 1901
(a.s.sa.s.sinated September 14, 1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (elected Vice-President) 1901
(Became President September 14) 1901
Theodore Roosevelt (elected) 1905
Wm. H. Taft 1909
FACTS ABOUT THE LIBERTY BELL.
Cast by Thomas Lester, Whitechapel, London.
Arrived in Philadelphia in August, 1752.
First used in statehouse, Philadelphia, Aug. 27, 1752.
Twice recast by Pa.s.s & Snow, Philadelphia, to repair crack, September, 1752.
m.u.f.fled and tolled Oct. 5, 1765, on arrival of s.h.i.+p Royal Charlotte with stamps.
m.u.f.fled and tolled Oct. 31, 1765, when stamp act was put in operation.
Summoned meeting to prevent landing of cargo of tea from the s.h.i.+p Polly Dec. 27, 1774.
Summoned meeting of patriots April 25, 1775, after battle of Lexington.
Proclaimed declaration of independence and the birth of a new nation at great ratification meeting July 8, 1776.
First journey from Philadelphia made in September, 1777, to Allentown, Pa., to escape capture by the British; returned June 27, 1778.
Proclaimed treaty of peace April 16, 1783.
Tolled for the death of Was.h.i.+ngton Dec. 26, 1799.
Rung on the fiftieth anniversary of the declaration of independence July 4, 1826.
Last used in tolling for the death of John Marshall July 8, 1835,
