French, Harry W. (Harry Willard), 1854- · Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C.T. Dillingham · leaf 35
oranother, when, in 1842, Daniel Wadsworth offered to contribute a lot,facing one hundred and twenty feet on Main Street and one hundred andtwenty feet deep (this was extended fifty feet in depth when the demandsof the building were estimated), toward the founding of a place that shouldbe devoted… … WADSWORTH ATHEN^UM. design being extended, through the influence of Alfred Smith, to compre-hend a wing for a library, and another for an historical collection. Mr.Wadsworth finished the gallery at his own expense, and contributed as aloan a number of excellent paintings. Col. Trumbulls works in…
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