CHESS IN AMERICA. (PART I)
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On May 25, 1859, there was seen in the chapel of the New York
University a very brilliant and numerous company. There were great
lawyers and merchant princes, there were women of fashion, there were
learned professors and sportsmen, there were "divines, heroes, and
poets." These persons had assembled for a singular if not unprecedented
purpose. It was that of binding a chaplet of victory on the youthful
brow of Mr. Paul Morphy, and of laying at his feet a costly and
magnificent token of admiration for his exploits in Europe as a chess
player.
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