Washington and its environs: an illustrated descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . sides of the square. These are copies froman antique vase, and are the work of the brass foundry of theNavy Yard. They were cast with the permission of Mr. Robe-son, Secretary of the ISTavy, and rellect great credit upon theworkshops of the Governm^nt. In the centre of this squareis Clark ^Millss equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson,contracted for by the Jackson Monument Association, com-posed of the friends and admirers of the subject, who sub-scribed $12,00
Washington and its environs: an illustrated descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . sides of the square. These are copies froman antique vase, and are the work of the brass foundry of theNavy Yard. They were cast with the permission of Mr. Robe-son, Secretary of the ISTavy, and rellect great credit upon theworkshops of the Governm^nt. In the centre of this squareis Clark ^Millss equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson,contracted for by the Jackson Monument Association, com-posed of the friends and admirers of the subject, who sub-scribed $12,000 for the purpose. lu 1848 Congress grantedto the Association the brass guns and mortars captured bythe General at Pensacola. In 1850 an additional number ofbrass guns and national trophies, sutRcient to complete the SQUARES. 35 statue, were donated by Congress. In 1852 Congress appro-priated funds for the erection of the marble pedestal uponwhich it stands, and in 1853 made a further appropriation of820,000 for the statue itself, and made it the property of theUnited States. The statue is one third larger than life, weighs. JACKSON EQUESTIMAN STATUE. 15 tons, and cost, inclusive of the value of metal and theamount contributed by the Association, $50,000. The hindparts and tail of the horse being solid, the animal is poised,without the aid of iron rods or other devices as in the greatstatues of Peter the Great, George III, and the Duke of Wel-lington. This was the first application of this principle. Thestatue was unveiled in the presence of a large number of peo-ple, Stephen A. Douglas delivering the oration, on the 8thday of January, 1853, the anniversary of the battle of NewOrleans, in which General Jackson routed the British forcesunder Sir John Packenham. From the N. line of Lafayette Square, on the E. and respectively, diverge Vermont and Connecticutavs. On the former, just beyond I st. W., the first trans-verse St. N., is Scott Square^ and in the correspond
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