Souvenir program for GSMT's Founders Day celebration activities, marking the founding of the society on November 17, 1785. 22 Mechanics and Tradesmen from various trades came together and called themselves 'The General Committee of Mechanics'. The name General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen was used as early as 1786 and was officially adopted when the Charter was granted in 1790. The celebration was held on November 22, 1985 at Salisbury on the Green, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, Long Island, New York.
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Language
English
Local Subjects
Mechanics' institutes
Anniversaries
New York (State)--New York
Nineteen eighties
souvenir programs
Note
Digitized by the Metropolitan New York Library Council as part of the Culture In Transit project, funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Item number 77
Extent
1 souvenir program ; 23.5cm x 16cm
Related Resource
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, Industry and Culture Collection