[Newspaper] Alexandria Gazette, October 17, 1842. Coverage of the Croton Water Celebration in New York City on October 14, 1842. The celebration marked the arrival of clean water from the Croton River via the 41-mile Old Croton Aqueduct designed…

…Morris's Toast at the Croton Water Celebration Collation Speaker: Robert H. Morris, Mayor of New York City Date: 1842-10-14 (October 14, 1842) Occasion: Toast at the City Hall collation following the celebration ceremony Location: City Hall, New…

[Newspaper] Morning Star, Limerick, Maine, November 23, 1842. Poetry celebrating the Croton Aqueduct. Even newspapers in rural Maine covered the Croton water celebration, a month after the event. Coverage appeared as far away as Honolulu, in the Polynesian newspaper, showing…

[Newspaper] Richmond Enquirer, October 21, 1842. Published a celebratory ode to the Croton Aqueduct following the water celebration in New York City. The poem praised the engineering feat that brought clean water from the Croton River to Manhattan. The fact…

…New York, 10th October, 1842. To CLARKSON CROLIUS, Esq., Chairman Committee of Invitation ) for Croton Aqueduct celebration. $ Sin:— I received the invitation of Committee to attend the celebration of the introduction of the Croton water into the city, and hope…

…60 238 CELEBRATION OP THE From the Consul of the Two Sicilies. New- York, October 6th, 1842. To the Committee of the Croton Water. SIRS: The Consul General of the Two Sicilies, in acknowledging the receipt of the po- lite…

the introduction of the Croton water into the city, and hope my health will be so far restored by that day, as to allow me the pleasure of participating in the celebration of this event, to which I have looked…

…West Point, October 13th, 1842. GENTLEMEN: — Your invitation to the Superintendent of the Military Academy, and the Corps of Cadets, to attend the Croton water celebration to-morrow, has just been received. The permanent Superintendent of the Academy, is at…

…60 238 CELEBRATION OP THE From the Consul of the Two Sicilies. New- York, October 6th, 1842. To the Committee of the Croton Water. SIRS: The Consul General of the Two Sicilies, in acknowledging the receipt of the po- lite…

[Poem] "The Croton Ode" by George Pope Morris (1842). Written at the request of the Corporation of the City of New York and performed October 14, 1842 at the Croton Water Celebration. Sung in front of the Park Fountain by…

…Croton Water Celebration. 1842, litho- graphed music title for "The Croton Ode" Courtesy The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. 29.100.2036 Charles King's A Memoir of the Construction, Cost and Capacity of…

…Burlington, New Jersey, October 10th, 1842. ESTEEMED FRIENDS : — Accept my very grateful acknowledgments for your kindness in extending to me an invitation to attend the celebration of the introduction of the Croton water into the city, on the 14th instant…

…the celebration of an event, as important to the interests, as it is honorable to the character, of your city. The completion of the Croton Aqueduct, and the supply- ing of a great city with pure and wholesome water, would…

…DODGE, New York, October 10, 1842. Joint Celebration Committee, CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. Invitations were addressed by the Sub-Committee of Arrangements designated for that purpose, consisting of Aldermen Crolius, West, and Assistan t- Alderman Wm. Dodge, to many distinguished citizens…

…Atwili, publisher, New York, Croton Water Celebration (City Hall Park), 1842. In pencil: "Aster House — Park Theatre/Croton Water Celebration, 1842" Lithographed music title for "The Croton Ode"; SVtx 12V'' inches The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City…

…Mayor's Office, > Brooklyn, October 5, 1842. \ ^GENTLEMEN : — In answer to your very friendly invitation to the members of this Corporation to join with your Common Council in celebrating the introduction of the Croton water into the city of New…

…THE CELEBRATION OP THB FOURTEENTH OCTOBER, 1842. THE CELEBRATION FOURTEENTH OCTOBER, 1842 IT was natural that so great an event as the completion of the Croton Aqueduct, should be deemed by the citizens, at whose cost and through whose constancy…

Address of Samuel Stevens at the Croton Water Celebration Speaker: Samuel Stevens, President of the Board of State Water Commissioners Date: 1842-10-14 (October 14, 1842) Occasion: Delivering custody of the Croton Water Works to the City of New…