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1899/09/11
Piatty, John J., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: figures mounted on top of Dewey Arch and the construction of the Dewey Arch.
Photograph of the Dewey Arch.
GLC06343.266
1899/09/21
Foster, Warren W., fl. 1899
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: "Reception of Admiral Dewey, by the City of New York."
Designates Ward as a member of the "Special Committee" meeting Dewey and escorting him to City Hall.
GLC06343.267
1899/09/30
Nemetz, Charles, fl. 1899
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: criticism of Ward for making a female and not a male angel on the Dewey Arch.
Purple stamp on p. 2: "J.C. DeHaven, Druggist and News Dealer, Council Bluffs, Iowa."
GLC06343.268
1899/10/02
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."
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...
GLC06343.269
1899/10/07
Eaton, D. Cady, fl. 1899
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: congratulations to Ward on his artistic endeavors involved with the creation of the Dewey Arch. [Carbon Copy]
Header reads: "D. CADY EATON, Counselor at Law, New Haven, Conn."
GLC06343.270
1899/11/04
Church, William C., fl. 1899
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: the possibility of reproducing the Dewey Arch into marble, and costs associated with it. [Carbon Copy]
Church, a representative of The Citizens Committee for Perpetuating the Dewey Arch, writes to Ward about the possibility of reproducing the Dewey Arch into a permanent form [marble].
GLC06343.271
November 1899
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Cost estimates: "Pieces for Sculpture work on Dewey Arch."
Includes qualtity and price of each separate item.
GLC06343.272
Council of the National Sculpture Society
Statement proclaiming support for Lamb to be appointed to head the efforts of constructing a permanent version of the Dewey Arch.
Scrap of Typed Manuscript, with handwritten emendations, concerning Mr. Lamb's role in erecting monuments in NYC.
GLC06343.273
1899/12/12
To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: request by Ward for financial assistance; promises to subscribe $5000 toward the "perpetuation of the Dewey Arch."
Stationary bordered in black trim.
GLC06343.274
1868/05/22
"Memorandum of an Agreement" or work contract. Re: creation of a statue honoring William Shakespeare in Central Park, NY.
Contract establishes commission costs, materials to be used in construction [bronze], etc.
GLC06343.275
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