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Book/Printed Material Statue of America : <to accompany J.R. no. 42>

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Title

  • Statue of America :

Names

  • United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
  • Stanton, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1812-1891
  • Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873
  • United States. Congress 1850-1851). House

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1851]

Headings

  • -  Statues--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Monuments--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Monuments
  • -  Statues
  • -  Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  Recommends authorizing the President to contract with Hiram Powers to execute an emblematic statue of America, and an appropriation of $20,000 for said purpose.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  "March 3, 1851."
  • -  "Mr. R.H. Stanton, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, made the following report ..."
  • -  Poore, B.P. Descriptive catalogue of the government publications of the United States, p. 602
  • -  Description based on print version record.
  • -  SERIALSETDELIVERY1

Medium

  • 1 online resource (2 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.1/2:606
  • 31-2:H.RP.92

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022699915

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Public Buildings And Grounds, Richard H Stanton, Hiram Powers, and United States Congress ). House. Statue of America: . [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified, 1851] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022699915/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Public Buildings And Grounds, Stanton, R. H., Powers, H. & United States Congress ). House. (1851) Statue of America: . [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2022699915/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Public Buildings And Grounds, et al. Statue of America: . [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified, 1851] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2022699915/>.