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Washington Elm and Three Historic Trees of Early America
Historic essay recounts the Washington Elm in Boston dying after years of decay while noting the Charter Oak in Hartford and the Penn Treaty Elm in Philadelphia. It details Washington’s 1775 appointment, the elm’s role in his oath, and the trees’ storied ages, fates, and commemorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
America
Hartford
Philadelphia
Boston
Boston Common
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Prymouth
Sweet Waters
Lincolnshire
England
Boston ‘Common
George Washington
John Adams
Adams
Congress
Continental Army
Washington
Patsy
New York
Cambridge
Harvard University
Iroe
American Tree Association
William Penn
Voltaire
Benjamin West
Kensington
Sir Edmund Andros
New England
James II