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

1855-1859

See descriptions in GLC08246.01-.03

GLC08246
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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
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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
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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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Autograph letter signed

to Heather Henry

5 July 1861

Porter, Charles B., fl. 1861-1863

He got a pass to go down to Washington the other day. He visited the gallery and the senate chambers. Very Faded.

GLC02172.04

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