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Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894 to McClintock Young re: debt owed to sculptor Horatio Greenough

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.44 Author/Creator: Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1846/07/31 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. Order a Copy

Written as Representative, to Young, in the Treasury Department. Greenough sculpted the famous (notorious) Washington statue in the capital which he completed in 1841. He also did numerous private commissions.

Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809-1894

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