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[Collection of 3 letters written and received by Montgomery Meigs regarding the Capitol Dome]. Decimalized.

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See descriptions in GLC08246.01-.03

GLC#
GLC08246
Type
Header Record
Date
1855-1859
Title
[Collection of 3 letters written and received by Montgomery Meigs regarding the Capitol Dome]. Decimalized.
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
US Capitol
Architecture
Construction
Washington, District of Columbia
Congress

Showing 3 of 3 records

GLC08246.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to A.H. Bowman

07 July 1855

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Justifies the use of an ornate molding of the Capitol Dome.

GLC08246.01

GLC08246.02
Collection Item
Letter signed

to J. Glancy Jones

24 June 1858

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Meigs allays concerns over the Capitol Dome's stability: "There were plenty of people, who when Michel Angelo was building the Dome of St. Peter's thought it would never stand..." Jones was on the House Ways & Means Committee.

GLC08246.02

GLC08246.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Montgomery Meigs

12 August 1859

Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903

Franklin, the superintendent of construction, writes to Meigs regarding the construction costs of the Capitol Dome.

GLC08246.03

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