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Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption:
John A. Rawlins Statue
by Joseph Bailey
1874 | Additional Description: “In 1874 was erected...
the heroic bronze statue of Brigadier General John A. Rawlins, of Illinois, Adjutant General and chief of staff to General Grant, 1864-'65, and Secretary of War, 1869, ordered by Congress in 1872, executed by J. Bailey, of Pennsylvania, 1873, cast by Robert Wood & Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cost $10,000, 8 ft. in height, and weighs 1,400 lbs. The Virginia granite pedestal, 12 ft. high, cost $2,500.” – De B. Randolph Keim.
From Keim's Illustrated Hand-book, 1888.Submitted: December 24, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p559042
File Size: 0.253 Megabytes
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