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Ward, J.Q.A./Bitter, Karl/et. al. Report to: "The Committee on Plan and Scope" National Sculpture Society.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.255 Author/Creator: Ward, J.Q.A./Bitter, Karl/et. al. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed letter Date: 27 July 1899 Pagination: 2 p. ; 32.6 cm x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Re: Dewey Arch and the reception upon its opening; plans for replicating the Arch in Madison Square; details of the Arch's sculptural progress; lists military heroes [John Paul Jones, Farragut, etc.] who might merit being represented in sculptural form.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Bitter, Karl, fl. 1899-1905
Lamb, Charles R., fl. 1899
Warner, John De Witt
Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington

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