1855-12-31 Otis Statue: Copy of Agreement with Thomas Crawford (page 1)

[stamp: embossed CAREW encircled with laurel wreath]

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An agreement made & concluded at Boston on the
31st 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, & 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 especially set forth, a marble Statue of James
Otis of Revolutionary memory, of pure & fine white
marble of the first quality, suitable for statuary,
& 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 herein after set forth, as preliminary &
incidental thereto, in aid of the general object of said
Corporation in making this contract.

And furthermore, 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 ^^and workman
like 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