Statue of Abraham Lincoln

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Excerpt from Statue of Abraham Lincoln: Hearings Before the Committee on the Library House of Representatives Sixty-Sixth Congress Second Session President, Richard Wallach, mayor, secretary, Crosby S. Noyes, treasurer, George W. Riggs. Directors: Joseph F. Brown, Asbury Lloyd, John B. Turton, Dr. W. G. H. Newman. George H. Plant, Z. Richards, N. D. Larner, E. C. Carrington, John P. Pepper, S. J._ Bowen, George F. Gulick, B. B. French. George R. Ruff, Charles V. Morris. John G. Dudley, John H. Semmes, James Kelly, William P. Ferguson, S. P. Brown, Dr. C. H. Nichols, Henry Addison, William H. Tenney. To these were added a number of honorary directors, mostly Members OI Congress, one from each State, as it was hoped at that time to secure a national subscription, to the end of raising a monument at the National Capital, the most suitable place, properly commemorative of the life and character of the lamented deceased. Owing, however, to the springing up of kindred associations in almost every State and city in the country, this hope was not realized, and with the exception of some contributions from Baltimore, among which was a handsome sum from John T. Ford, Esq, the proceeds of a benefit for the monument fund, given at his Baltimore theater, little, if anything, was contributed outside of Washington. The money raised was, however. Care fully husbanded and was invested by the treasurer, Mr. Riggs, in Government registered bonds. The sum raised was, of course, inadequate to erect a monu ment on anything like the scale originally proposed, but was yet sufficient to raise a monument in the shape Of a shaft statue creditable to the city, and it was determined by the association that this was the best course to pursue. Mr. Lot Flannery, of this city, who has achieved a number of successes in his art, one of which is the admired monument Over the victims of the arsenal explosion at the Congressional Cemetery, was the successful competitor for the work and the result is before the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.