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Narrative and critical history of America (1884)

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin & Co. · leaf 596

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n the engraving in the broadside edition of the Farewell Address^in 1796. At the time of Washingtons death, Wrights head seemed to be the favorite one for medals (Baker,Medals, 51, 78, iir, 151). A somewhat effective standing figure in wood, leaning on a column, with a scroll in his hand, was… … IX < IIKIST CHURCH, BOSTON. The figure of a sitting senator, holding a tablet of laws, was intended by Canova to pass for Washington,and was made for the State of North Carolina in 1.S14. It was destroyed with the State House in Raleigh,in 1S31. There are engravings of it from different points…

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