Autographed. "Its grounds were chosen to hold the assemblies that had always met under the tree, [...] and in order to reconcile to a certain extent comfort with the proper respect for a custom [...], it was decided that the powers of the representatives and the oath of the royal high commissioners would be received beneath the revered oak [...]. In 1826 they began to build the current church where the oath was sworn..."
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Art and Architecture-Civil buildings Art and Architecture-Monuments Natural landscape-Trees