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Oak, still healthy and vigorous, and standing directly at the top of the low 
river-bank. The trunk girths at the present time, over twenty-one feet, and', 
judging from the age of its companion, which was blown down a few years since, 
eight or ten centuries may have passed since the acorn from which it sprang 
fell to the ground. 
5. There is a Weeping Willow in Copp’s burying-ground near Bunker Hill,, 
that has grown from a branch taken from a tree that shaded the grave of 
Napoleon at St. Helena. Under this tree are buried the remains of Cotton 
Mather, so noted in Salem witchcraft. Copp’s burying-ground is so near the 
Bunker Hill battle-field, that a number of grave-stones can be seen to-day 
which were pierced through by bullets fired by British soldiers in that battle, 
6. It was the custom of our New England ancestors to plant trees in the early 
settlement of our country, and dedicate them to liberty. Many of these “Lib¬ 
erty Trees,” consecrated by our fore-fathers are still standing. “Old Liberty 
Elm ” in Boston, was planted by a school-master long before the Revolutionary 
war, and dedicated by him to the independence of the Colonies. Around that, 
tree, before the Revolution, the citizens of Boston and vicinity, used to gather 
and listen to the advocates of our country’s freedom. Around it during the 
war, they met to offer up thanks and supplications to Almighty God for the 
success of the patriot armies, and after the terrible. struggle had ended the: 
people were accustomed to assemble there year after year, in the shadow of that 
old tree, to celebrate the liberty and independence of our country. It stood! 
till within a few j'-ears, a living monument of the patriotism of the people of 
Boston, and when at last it fell, the bells in all the churches of the city were, 
tolled, and a feeling of sadness spread oyer the entire State. 
7. The Ash trees planted by General Washington at Mt. Vernon. These trees-- 
form a beautiful row, which is the admiration of all who visit the home of the 
Father of his Country. 
8. The Elm tree at Philadelphia, under which William Penn made his famous- 
treaty with nineteen tribes of barbarians, the only treaty never sworn to and; 
never broken. This Elm was carefully guarded until 1810, when it was unfor¬ 
tunately blown down. A monument now marks the spot. 
Other familiar trees are the wide spreading Oak tree of Flushing, Long 
Island, under which George Fox, the founder of the society of Friends or 
Quakers, preached. 
“The Burgoyne Elm,” at Albanj r , which was planted on the day the British 
General Burgoyne was brought a prisoner into the city, the day after the 
surrender. 
The lofty Cypress tree in the Dismal Swamp, under which Washington, 
reposed one night in his young manhood. 
The magnificent Black Walnut tree, near Haverstraw on the Hudson, under 
which General Wayne mustered his force at midnight, preparatory to his suc¬ 
cessful attack on Stony Point. 
The huge French Apple tree near Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Little Turtle,, 
the great Miama Chief, gathered his warriors. 
The grand Magnolia tree near Charleston, South Carolina, under which Gen¬ 
eral Lincoln held a council of war previous to surrendering the city. 
