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July 11, 1817
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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De Witt Clinton was inaugurated as New York Governor in Albany on July 2, 1817, amid a military procession, salutes, and addresses from officers. He arrived in New York City on July 4, escorted by cavalry and artillery. (187 characters)
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New-York, July 4.
His Excellency Governor CLINTON, arrived in town yesterday from Albany, and was handsomely escorted from the Steam-Boat to the City Hall, by Colonel Warner's troop of Cavalry, and the Veteran Corps of Artillery.
The inauguration of His Excellency is noticed in the Albany Gazette as follows.
ALBANY, July 2.
Yesterday, His Excellency De Witt Clinton, elected Governor, and his Honour John Taylor, lieutenant Governor, took the oaths of their respective offices.
In pursuance of the arrangements by the committee appointed by the Corporation, the Artillery, Infantry, and Rifle Companies of this city paraded in front of the Mansion-House, in North Market-street, precisely at 12 o'clock, under the direction of Major La Grange. The governor elect, and Lt. governor were then received with a salute. After which, the procession formed according to the arrangement published yesterday, moved from the Mansion-House to the capitol, where the oaths of office were administered by the Secretary of State. A federal salute was then fired from field pieces near the Capitol, which was returned from the cantonment at Greenbush. After which the several companies of volunteer militia were reviewed by His Excellency, and the procession returned to the Mansion-House, in the same order in which it left.
Immediately after the salute was fired, while upon the platform of the Capitol, the following address was delivered to His Excellency, in behalf of the officers of the military association, by Quarter-Master John S. Van Rensselaer.
"The military Association of the city of Albany, approaching the commander in chief with the respectful consideration due to his exalted station, beg leave to congratulate him on his induction to the office of Governor of the state of New-York, Your excellency's election has been viewed by the people of this state as intimately connected with its reputation and prosperity; and with an unprecedented unanimity they hail this day as auspicious to the advancement of the best and permanent interests of the commonwealth. It is a life devoted to the cultivation of science and literature, if the most exalted patriotism and the constant sacrifice of personal convenience and self gratification to the public weal can entitle you to the confidence of your fellow citizens. we may look forward to your excellency's administration for a series of measures and laws calculated to advance the prosperity of your native state, and to elevate its reputation to that acme of glory to which it was destined by the God of nature, and to which it has been rapidly ascending under the direction of your illustrious predecessors.
"In greeting your Excellency as our Military Chief, placed over us by the constitution and laws, we fully appreciate the energy of mind which has characterized your excellency's conduct in every affair of interest, in which you have been called to act. We recur with grateful recollection, to a crisis in the late war, when your unremitting exertions and honourable example, aroused the energies of a hundred thousand souls. and procured a union of sentiment and a concert of action for the public defence. which saved an important section of our state from the horrors and waste of an invasion.—Such services demand an expression of public gratitude. As a tribute to worth, your excellency has this day been invested with the first office in the gift of the people. Be pleased to accept at our hands the homage of our personal regards, and the assurance of our entire readiness to yield a cheerful obedience to the orders of our respected Commander in Chief.
By order of the Association,
S. VISCHER, President."
To which his excellency made the following reply:-
"Gentlemen—although I am conscious that your kind partiality has greatly overrated my merits and my services, yet it would be idle affectation in me not to declare that I feel honored by the good opinion of such a respectable association, instituted for the laudable purpose of cultivating military knowledge. And I can confidently assure you, that I shall endeavor to deserve it, by promoting to the utmost of my power, with the humble faculties, with which the Almighty has endowed me, the best interests of our beloved country."
The procession was highly respectable in point of character and numbers. The appearance and discipline of the troops was very fine, and reflects the highest credit as well upon the officers as privates.
It is but justice to say, that the whole proceeding was conducted with the utmost propriety. The excellent regulations adopted by the committee of arrangement, and the exertions of the Marshal and his assistant, prevented every thing like that boisterous and tumultuous conduct of the populace, usually witnessed on similar occasions.
The following letter from His Excellency Governor Clinton to the Common Council of this city, expressive of his feelings for the attentions shown him by the officers and citizens generally, was handed us for publication last evening:-
"ALBANY, 1st July, 1817.
"Sir,
"I take the liberty of communicating through you to the Common Council, Citizens and Militia of Albany, my respectful acknowledgements of their distinguished attentions, on my introduction into the office of Governor; and I entreat you to assure them, that it will always afford me pleasure to manifest my sense of their kindness, by promoting to the utmost of my power, the prosperity of the political metropolis of the state.
I have the honour to be
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
DE WITT CLINTON.
To the Honourable the Presiding Officer of the Common Council of Albany."
His Excellency Governor CLINTON, arrived in town yesterday from Albany, and was handsomely escorted from the Steam-Boat to the City Hall, by Colonel Warner's troop of Cavalry, and the Veteran Corps of Artillery.
The inauguration of His Excellency is noticed in the Albany Gazette as follows.
ALBANY, July 2.
Yesterday, His Excellency De Witt Clinton, elected Governor, and his Honour John Taylor, lieutenant Governor, took the oaths of their respective offices.
In pursuance of the arrangements by the committee appointed by the Corporation, the Artillery, Infantry, and Rifle Companies of this city paraded in front of the Mansion-House, in North Market-street, precisely at 12 o'clock, under the direction of Major La Grange. The governor elect, and Lt. governor were then received with a salute. After which, the procession formed according to the arrangement published yesterday, moved from the Mansion-House to the capitol, where the oaths of office were administered by the Secretary of State. A federal salute was then fired from field pieces near the Capitol, which was returned from the cantonment at Greenbush. After which the several companies of volunteer militia were reviewed by His Excellency, and the procession returned to the Mansion-House, in the same order in which it left.
Immediately after the salute was fired, while upon the platform of the Capitol, the following address was delivered to His Excellency, in behalf of the officers of the military association, by Quarter-Master John S. Van Rensselaer.
"The military Association of the city of Albany, approaching the commander in chief with the respectful consideration due to his exalted station, beg leave to congratulate him on his induction to the office of Governor of the state of New-York, Your excellency's election has been viewed by the people of this state as intimately connected with its reputation and prosperity; and with an unprecedented unanimity they hail this day as auspicious to the advancement of the best and permanent interests of the commonwealth. It is a life devoted to the cultivation of science and literature, if the most exalted patriotism and the constant sacrifice of personal convenience and self gratification to the public weal can entitle you to the confidence of your fellow citizens. we may look forward to your excellency's administration for a series of measures and laws calculated to advance the prosperity of your native state, and to elevate its reputation to that acme of glory to which it was destined by the God of nature, and to which it has been rapidly ascending under the direction of your illustrious predecessors.
"In greeting your Excellency as our Military Chief, placed over us by the constitution and laws, we fully appreciate the energy of mind which has characterized your excellency's conduct in every affair of interest, in which you have been called to act. We recur with grateful recollection, to a crisis in the late war, when your unremitting exertions and honourable example, aroused the energies of a hundred thousand souls. and procured a union of sentiment and a concert of action for the public defence. which saved an important section of our state from the horrors and waste of an invasion.—Such services demand an expression of public gratitude. As a tribute to worth, your excellency has this day been invested with the first office in the gift of the people. Be pleased to accept at our hands the homage of our personal regards, and the assurance of our entire readiness to yield a cheerful obedience to the orders of our respected Commander in Chief.
By order of the Association,
S. VISCHER, President."
To which his excellency made the following reply:-
"Gentlemen—although I am conscious that your kind partiality has greatly overrated my merits and my services, yet it would be idle affectation in me not to declare that I feel honored by the good opinion of such a respectable association, instituted for the laudable purpose of cultivating military knowledge. And I can confidently assure you, that I shall endeavor to deserve it, by promoting to the utmost of my power, with the humble faculties, with which the Almighty has endowed me, the best interests of our beloved country."
The procession was highly respectable in point of character and numbers. The appearance and discipline of the troops was very fine, and reflects the highest credit as well upon the officers as privates.
It is but justice to say, that the whole proceeding was conducted with the utmost propriety. The excellent regulations adopted by the committee of arrangement, and the exertions of the Marshal and his assistant, prevented every thing like that boisterous and tumultuous conduct of the populace, usually witnessed on similar occasions.
The following letter from His Excellency Governor Clinton to the Common Council of this city, expressive of his feelings for the attentions shown him by the officers and citizens generally, was handed us for publication last evening:-
"ALBANY, 1st July, 1817.
"Sir,
"I take the liberty of communicating through you to the Common Council, Citizens and Militia of Albany, my respectful acknowledgements of their distinguished attentions, on my introduction into the office of Governor; and I entreat you to assure them, that it will always afford me pleasure to manifest my sense of their kindness, by promoting to the utmost of my power, the prosperity of the political metropolis of the state.
I have the honour to be
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
DE WITT CLINTON.
To the Honourable the Presiding Officer of the Common Council of Albany."
What sub-type of article is it?
Appointment
Politics
Military
What keywords are associated?
De Witt Clinton Inauguration
Albany Procession
Governor Oath
Military Review
New York Arrival
What entities or persons were involved?
De Witt Clinton
John Taylor
John S. Van Rensselaer
S. Vischer
Colonel Warner
Major La Grange
Where did it happen?
Albany, New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Albany, New York
Event Date
July 2, 1817
Key Persons
De Witt Clinton
John Taylor
John S. Van Rensselaer
S. Vischer
Colonel Warner
Major La Grange
Outcome
successful inauguration with military salute, review, and procession; no incidents reported
Event Details
De Witt Clinton and John Taylor took oaths of office as Governor and Lieutenant Governor in Albany. A procession involving artillery, infantry, and rifle companies moved from the Mansion-House to the Capitol for the oaths, followed by salutes and a military review. An address was delivered by the military association, to which Clinton replied. The event concluded with the procession returning to the Mansion-House. Clinton arrived in New-York on July 4, escorted by cavalry and artillery to the City Hall.