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Gold

August 8, 2009 Glossary

Gold. This beautiful metal always has been the one most used for jewellery, partly because of its rich appearance, partly because it is very easily worked, and also because it does not tarnish.

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Gold Box Presented to Cyrus W Fields by New York City

August 7, 2009 Boxes

New York greeted Field with wild rejoicing, and the city authorities set September 1, 1858, as a day of celebration to give him an official public ovation. The celebration surpassed anything the city had ever before witnessed. Then the mayor of New York gave an address honoring Mr. Field and presented him with a gold box …

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