Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)

[George Thompson]

First, in the passage in my previous posting (below), it sounds as if
the article "the" was omitted from "crossing the Green near Liberty
Pole" -- but not by me.

The passage mentioned from the New-York Gazette, March 26, 1767 (p. 3,
col. 2) reads from the microfilm as follows:
Last Thursday Morning, the Pole erected as sacred to Liberty on the City
Parade, by a great Number of the principal Inhabitants of this City, and
called the Liberty Pole [was cut down].

The passage from the New-York Gazette April 2, 1770 (p. 3, cols. 1-2)
also contained the words "Liberty Pole".

There is an entry under "Liberty Pole" in the index to Stokes'
Iconography of Manhattan Island; this indicates that the first one was
erected on the Common on May 21, 1766 in celebration of the repeal of
the Stamp Act.  The note on this event under that date in the Chronology
suggests that it was not then called a "Liberty Pole".  It was cut down
by His Majesty's soldiers, another erected and cut down, our plucky
ancestors erected a third, which was cut down, and the one mentioned in
the March 26, 1767 passage was the fourth to be erected and cut down.

Neither Stokes nor I care whether liberty poles were being erected in
other cities, nor Barry neither.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu>
Date: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:53 pm
Subject: Re: Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)

> These come from my notes, not from EAN:
>        On Saturday Night last, between 10 and 11 o'Clock, as two
> young Men were crossing the Green near Liberty Pole in this City, they
> were stopp'd by a Company of Ruffians, who knocked one of them down,
> and endeavored to rob him; but the other being resolute, and handling
> them pretty roughly, the Villains were glad to make the best of their
> Way off without any Booty.  New-York Gazette, April 9, 1770, p. 3,
> col. 1
>
> In addition, I have "Liberty Pole" in my paraphrase of stories in the
> New-York Gazette of March 26, 1767 (p. 3, col. 2) and April 2, 1770
> (p. 3, cols. 1-2).
>
> I will check these against the film when I get a chance -- presumably
> the words were taken from the story, though.
>
> GAT
>
> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
> Date: Sunday, June 11, 2006 5:47 pm
> Subject: Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)
>
> > _http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1617/liberty-pole-and-battle-
> of-
> > golden-hill
> > -1770_
> > (http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1617/liberty-pole-and-battle-
> of-
> > golden-hill-1770)
> > ...
> > ...
> > I just added "Liberty pole." Is there an cite in Early American
> > Newspapers(not available in the Popik home) that has "Liberty
> > pole" before OED?
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > (Oxford English Dictionary)
> > <i>liberty-pole</i>,  a tall mast or staff with a Phrygian cap or
> > othersymbol of liberty on the  top.
> >
> > 1775-83 _THACHER_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-
> > t.html#thacher)Mil. Jrnl. (1823) 22 *Liberty  poles were erected
> > in almost every town and
> > villge..under which the tory is  compelled to sign a recantation.
> > 1789  _GOUV.
> > MORRIS_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-m4.html#gouv-
> > morris)  in
> > Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 70 The soldiers were then paraded
> > in triumph to the
> > Palais Royal,  which is now the liberty pole of this city.
> >
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