9. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.
The First Half Hour.
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Groups gathering on the Battery prior to the arrival of the Embassy, June 16, 1860.
Groups gathering on the Battery prior to the arrival of the Embassy, June 16, 1860.
The guns are placed in position, to salute the Embassy. Picturesque groups gathers around them, June 16, 1860.
The crowd are dispersed from around the guns previous to firing the salute, June 16, 1860. (The gathering of heavy clouds prevented any further instantaneous operation on the day of the arrival.)
The populace begin to gather before the Metropolitan Hotel to see the Embassy set out under the escort of the Seventh Regiment, to visit the Governor and the Mayor at the City Hall. The Hotel is decorated with 300 flags, alternate American and Japanese, June 18, 1860.
The crowd in front of the Hotel increases on the occasion alluded to, in No. 13, June 18, 1860.
The Seventh Regiment arrive in front of the Metropolitan to escort the Embassy to the City Hall, June 18, 1860. Two tax stamps on verso, 1-cent and 2-cent.
Swans on the Lake, Central Park. (Instantaneous.) Label “From James Cremer’s Stereoscopic Emporium, Philadelphia” on verso.
The Seventh Regiment are drawn up opposite the Metropolitan while the Ambassadors enter the carriages, June 18, 1860.
The Embassy leave the Metropolitan for the City Hall. The Seventh Regiment form a hollow square with the carriages of the Embassy in the middle, June 18, 1860.
The Embassy leave the Metropolitan for the City Hall. The Seventh Regiment form a hollow square with the carriages of the Embassy in the middle, June, 18, 1860.
The populace begin to gather in front of the City Hall, to witness the arrival of the Embassy on their visit to the Governor and Mayor, June 18, 1860.
Arrival of the Governor at the City Hall under the escort of the Cavalry of the Seventh Regiment, June 18, 1860.
Arrival of the Embassy at the City Hall, to visit the Governor and Mayor, June 18, 1860.
The Seventh Regiment taking position in front of the City Hall, after the Embassy have entered the Building, June 18, 1860.
The Seventh Regiment awaiting the termination of the interview between the Embassy and the Municipal and State Authorities, June 18, 1860.
While the interview between the Authorities and their guests is prolonged, the Seventh Regiment, gallant fellows, are attacked with the pangs of hunger, and stacking their arms, they rush to the neighboring restaurants, June 18, 1860.