1855-12-31 Otis Statue: Contract with Thomas Crawford (page 1)

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An agreement made & concluded at Boston on
the thirty first day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred &
fifty five, by & between the Proprietors of the Cemetery
of Mount Auburn, a Corporation established by law, of the
one part, and Thomas Crawford of Rome, Italy,
Sculptor, of the other part.

The said Crawford on his part, agrees to make
execute & deliver to said Corporation, as hereinafter more
specifically set forth, a marble statue of James Otis, of
Revolutionary memory, of pure and fine white marble of the
first quality, suitable for statuary, and in size to correspond
& be companionable with a statue of John Adams, now
in process of being made by Randolph Rogers, 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 contract: __

And further said Crawford agrees to provide & deliver
to said Corporation with said statue, a suitable marble
pedestal for the same. _

The said Crawford shall forthwith proceed to make
execute & complete in a good & workmanlike manner, a figure
in plaster of said statue, which shall be of the full size
of said statue, & which shall be completed within two
years from the date of this agreement, & conveyed & made
over to said Corporation, subject to the right of said Crawford
to have the same at all times in & about the further execu-
tion of this contract.

And said Crawford further agrees to make, finish
and deliver to said Corporation the said marble statue
and pedestal as aforesaid, within three years & six months
from the date of this agreement; and if not otherwise ordered
by the Trustees, said statue & pedestal shall upon reason-
able notice to the Treasurer for the time being of said
Corporation. be delivered to said Treasurer at some