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; there are a great many ways of making such work, and Congress must say which it prefers. A book belonging to Mr. Houdon will shortly reach these shores, where particulars as to the
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The book is on a vessel, soon expected, and which brings back Doctor Franklin's
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; but as many duplicates will probably be ordered from him, Houdon will lower the price to one hundred guineas.
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He begs leave, however, to observe that a bust of the size of nature only may be fit for a private and small room, but not for such a large one as that devoted for the assembly of a Congress, where it should be necessary to have a bust of a larger size to have it appear to advantage.
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Mr. Houdon hopes that Congress is satisfied with the bust he has had the honor to submit to their examination, begs the gentlemen who may have some objections to communicate them to him, and he flatters himself that Congress will favor him with their opinion in writing, which he will consider as a proof of their satisfaction and keep as a testimony of their goodness.
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Mr. Houdon, being to embark to-morrow morning, begs leave to take out the general's bust from the room of Congress this afternoon.
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caused to be insufficient by more than half. The city hoped that the devising of such a structure would be for it one more title to be selected as the federal capital, and it therefore did not protest, but on the contrary caused a
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to be officially presented to L'Enfant, highly praising his work:
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While the hall exists it will exhibit a most respectable monument of your eminent talents, as well as of the munificence of the citizens. [95] L'Enfant received
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by
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as he wrote later, and he was, moreover, offered ten acres of land near Provost Lane,
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Fools' Trap,
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[97] The capitals of the pilasters were
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[98] The frieze outside was so divided as to give room for thirteen stars in so many metopes. A much-talked-of eagle, with thirteen arrows in its talons, which, unluckily, could not be ready for March 4, 1789, when Congress met in the hail for the first time under the newly voted Constitution, was the chief ornament on the pediment. On the 22d of April the news could be sent to the _Salem Mercury_:
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The eagle in front of the Federal State-House is displayed. The general appearance of this front is truly august.