Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 to J. Glancy Jones
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08246.02 Author/Creator: Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 24 June 1858 Pagination: Order a Copy
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.
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