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Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington to J.Q.A. Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.256 Author/Creator: Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington Place Written: New York, NY Type: Typed letter signed Date: 29 July 1899 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 27.7 cm x 21.1 cm. Order a Copy

Officially endorses plans for the "Triumphal Arch" [Dewey Arch] on behalf of the National Sculpture Society; discusses details for planned sculpture such as scale and plaster casting, deadline date for finished product, etc.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington

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