Adams Statue: Contract with Randolph Rogers, 1855 (page 1)

An agreement made & concluded at Boston on the
____ day of ____ A.D. Eighteen hundred
& fifty five, by & between the Proprietors of the Cemetery of
of Mount Auburn, a Corporation established by law,
on the one part, & Randolph Rogers of Rome
Italy Sculptor, on the other part.

The said Rogers^^C, on his part, agrees to make ex-
ecute & deliver to said Corporation, as hereinafter more
specifically set forth, a marble statue of John Adams
late President of the United States, of pure & fine white
marble of the first quality, suitable for statuary, & in
size to correspond & be companionable with a statue
of (the late Joseph Story L.L.D. which has been made
by William W. Story.) to be placed in the Chapel at said
Cemetery, & also to do certain other things as hereinafter set
forth, as preliminary & incidental thereto, & in aid of the
general object of said Corporation in making this Con-
tract : and further said Rogers^^Crawford agrees to provide &
deliver to said Corporation, with said Statue, a suitable
marble pedestal for the same._

The said Rogers shall forthwith proceed to make &
complete a statuette of the Statue which he has above agreed
to execute as aforesaid, said Statuette to be of such length
that it would be of not less than one foot in height if
standing erect, & to be made in plaster. And he further agrees
to cause to be made four photographs or daguerreotypes of good
size & well executed, each of which shall represent one of the
four sides of said Statuette, & no two the same side or
view of said Statuette, so that from the four a good &
faithful idea of said Statuette may be obtained ; & the said
Statuette & photographs or daguerreotypes the said Rogers
agrees to convey & make over to the said Corporation, so soon as
the same shall be completed ; & the photographs or daguerreotypes
shall be at once delivered to the Trustees of said Corporation
& the said Statuette shall be & become the property of said
Corporation, subject to the right of said Rogers to use the
same at all times in or about the further execution of
this contract.

And said Rogers further agrees to make, execute & complete in