EN1854-12-26 Winthrop Statue: Richard S. Greenough to Jacob Bigelow (page 1)
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Boston . 1
Dr Bigelow
My Dear Sir.
Far from suspecting
that, as you said, you were
"half asleep" when you drew
up the articles of contract
for Winthrops statue, I should
say that you were "wide
awake."
If it were not
that your time is more
valuably employed, I
should be inclined, seeing
what a good contract
you have aranged for
[page four -out of order - see entire document for order]
always understanding.
that Storys statue is
the guide. For instance,
If Judge Story was 5 f 9 in
in height & his statue is
6 f 6 in in height, Then
Gov Winthrop being 6 f in
height, would require his
statue to be 6 f.9. & say 2/5 in.
Fifth.
A penalty is attached to
the failure of completion of
the work within a given
time. I think this a mis-
take for several reasons.
If an artist desires to defraud
he has many more expedient
means of doing so than by
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Transcription of this document is incomplete awaiting guidance regarding the format of transcription for letters originally written on folded paper. Each digitized image includes one original page flattened out, so that it includes two pages of text.
In reading the original letter one would read only the text on the right before turning the page. Getting to the last page of the letter (4th page on right), one would turn over the folded document, read what now appears as text on the left to get to the end of the letter. Only the first page (on the right) is numbered. Should the transcribed text from each flattened out piece of paper be transcribed first, followed by a break before transcribing the text on the left?
Thanks Kathleen, once transcribed we can figure out the correct order of pages and put them in brackets at the top of the page .
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