Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . des of the square. These are copies froman antique vase, and are the work of the brass foundry of theNiiyy Yard. They were cast with the pennission of Mr. Robe-son, Secretary of the ISa^y, and reflect great credit upon theworkshops of the Govcrinnent. In the centre of this squareis Clark Millss equestrian statue of General Andreio Jackson^contracted for by the Jackson Monument Association, com-posed of the friends and admirers of the subject, who sub-
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . des of the square. These are copies froman antique vase, and are the work of the brass foundry of theNiiyy Yard. They were cast with the pennission of Mr. Robe-son, Secretary of the ISa^y, and reflect great credit upon theworkshops of the Govcrinnent. In the centre of this squareis Clark Millss equestrian statue of General Andreio 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. In 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, sufficient 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 of$20,000 for the statue itself, and made it the property of theUnited States. The statue is one third larger than life, weighs. JACKSON EQUESTIUAN STATUE. 15 tons, and cost, inclusive of tlie value of metal and theamount contributed by the Association, $50,000. The hindparts and tail of the horse being solid, tiie animal is poised,without the aid of iron rods orother 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, 1S53, the anniversary of the battle of ISTewOrleans, in which General Jackson routed the Bj-itish forcesunder Sir John Packenliam. 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^ a
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