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Belmont, August, fl. 1899 To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: support for proposition to replicate the Dewey Arch at Madison Square and contempt for "newspaper advertising."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.269 Author/Creator: Belmont, August, fl. 1899 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1899/10/02 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.1 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Dewey Arch and Dewey reception; plans for replicating the Arch in Madison Square; details of the
progress of the Dewey Arch sculpture; 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
Hearst, H.W., fl. 1899
Belmont, August, fl. 1899

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