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The Garfield Monument Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland Agreement contract between The Garfield Monument Committee and J.Q.A. Ward, commissioning Garfield memorial pedestal.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.236 Author/Creator: The Garfield Monument Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland Place Written: [Washington, D.C.] Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 12 December 1884 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 35.1 cm x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Contract outlines commission cost [$25,000] to be paid to Ward, required work, and contingency plans if pedestal cannot be completed by Ward.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Barnett, James, fl. 1884-1889
Cist, Henry Martyn, 1839-1902

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