Beyond this no accident occurred.
"With the assistance of the City Surveyor and Mr. Stanley,
stone-mason, the worthy Mayor then proceeded to discharge his
agreeable duty--the laying of the first stone. He used for the
purpose a very elegant silver trowel {59a} with ivory handle,
furnished by the Messrs. Etheridge (which had been presented to his
worship by Mr. E. E. Benest) bearing the following inscription on the
blade:--
Presented
to
Sir Samuel Bignold, Knight,
Mayor of Norwich,
on the occasion of his laying
the first stone
of
The Free Library,
September 13th,
1854.
"Upon the surface of the stone a brass plate was fixed, on which was
engraved the following inscription:--
This first stone
of the
Norwich Free Library,
was laid
on the 13th September,
A.
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