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Fort George Memorial Tablet
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- Description: Tablet
- Materials: White Vermont marble
- Dimensions: H:10" W: 2'5" D: 2'5"
- Cast: ca. 1817
- Dedicated: 1817
- Donor: Corporation of the City of New York
- Inscription: TO PERPETUATE / THE SITE OF THE S.W. BASTION OF / FORT GEORGE / IN 40°42'8" N. LATITUDE / AS OBSERVED BY / CAPT. JOHN MONTRESOR AND DAVID RITTENHOUSE / IN OCTOBER 1769 / THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / HAVE ERECTED / THIS MONUMENT / A.D. MDCCCXVIII /
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