Excerpt from Proceedings of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, on Laying the Corner-Stone of Their New Hall in Fourteenth Street, and Celebrating the Ninety-First Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, at Irving Hall, Thursday, July 4th, 1867: Also, a Brief History of the Origin and Earlier History of the Society In accordance with their unvarying custom, the Brothers of the Tammany Society will meet to celebrate the National Birthday according to the manner prescribed by the Constitution of the Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.