Charleston, the place and the people . illiliiiii V-i/iw.^ VWl-tVflJla*)^. J I P^ mn ~^^f-- St. ^Michaels Churchyard non shot. Some time after the Revolution, when theenthusiasm for Mr. Pitt had subsided, it was found (veryjustly) to interfere with the traffic of that crowded thor-oughfare, and it was removed and stored. Later on it wasagain placed upon its pedestal and set up in the OrphanHouse grounds (where it was generally supposed by thechildren to represent General Washington, as one of them GOVERNOR LORD CHARLES MONTAGU 175 said just getting out of bed ), and during the confederatewar i

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Charleston, the place and the people . illiliiiii V-i/iw.^ VWl-tVflJla*)^. J I P^ mn ~^^f-- St. ^Michaels Churchyard non shot. Some time after the Revolution, when theenthusiasm for Mr. Pitt had subsided, it was found (veryjustly) to interfere with the traffic of that crowded thor-oughfare, and it was removed and stored. Later on it wasagain placed upon its pedestal and set up in the OrphanHouse grounds (where it was generally supposed by thechildren to represent General Washington, as one of them GOVERNOR LORD CHARLES MONTAGU 175 said just getting out of bed ), and during the confederatewar it lost its head — which, however, was merely crackedoff, not broken. This interesting monument was, about eighteen yearsago, rescued from its obscure situation, repaired, and placedin the centre of Marion Square, east of the City Hall, notmore than a hundred yards from its original position. Thearm, however, has never been restored. The young men still in England were evidently not soentirely reassured by the repeal of the Stamp Act as weretheir friends at home, as is

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