iam 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 (assassinated 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
(Assassinated 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 Pass & Snow, Philadelphia, to repair crack, September,
1752.
Muffled and tolled Oct. 5, 1765, on arrival of ship Royal Charlotte with
stamps.
Muffled and tolled Oct. 31, 1765, when stamp act was put in operation.
Summoned meeting to prevent landing of cargo of tea from the ship 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 Washington 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,
Principal tours: To New Orleans in 1885; Chicago, 1893; Atlanta, 1895;
Boston, 1902; St Louis, 1904.
HOW THE PRESIDENTS DIED.
George Washington's death was the result of a severe cold contracted
while riding around his farm in a rain and sleet storm on Dec. 10, 1799.
The cold increased and was followed by a chill, which brought on acute
laryngitis. He died at the age of 68, on Dec. 14, 1799.
John Adams died from old age, having reached h
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