File:Pillar of Liberty - Dedham Massachusetts - DSC04354.jpg

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English: Pillar of Liberty - Dedham Massachusetts, USA. This is the stone Base of the Pillar of Liberty, erected in 1766 by the Sons of Liberty to glorify William Pitt for his vigorous opposition to the Stamp Act.

The bronze plaque on it has the following: "This stone was first placed near this spot July 22 1766. It supported a wooden column surmounted by a bust of William Pitt. Both column and bust disappeared about the close of the last century [1800]. The stone was removed from the opposite corner in 1886."

Engraved on another side (from the entry in the Smithsonian Art Inventory entry for this object): The Pillar of Liberty/Erected by the Sons of Liberty/in this Vicinity/Laus DEO REG I et Immunitat/autori busq . maxime Patrono/PITT, qui Rempub . nufume vulfit./Faucibus Orci "

(On north side:) The Pillar of Liberty/To the Honor of Will. Pitt Esq./& other PATRIOTS who saved/AMERICA from impending Slave/ry, & confirm'd our most loyal/Affection to KG George III by pro/curing a Repeal of the Stamp Act,/18th MARCH, 1766/Erected here July 22, 1766,/by Doct. Nathl Ames 2nd/Col. Ebenr Battle, Maj Abijah/Draper & other Patriots friendly/to the Rights of the Colonies at/that day/Replaced by the Citizens/July 4, 1828
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