History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America : genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained . lar subscription, butthis idea was abandoned, and the entire matter was taken in chargeby the municipality. A law was enacted in 1895 authorizing anissue of bonds to erect the statue at a cost not to exceed thirty thou-sand dollars. Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor, born in Brook-lyn and having a studio in Paris, was commissioned to mold andsupervi
History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America : genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained . lar subscription, butthis idea was abandoned, and the entire matter was taken in chargeby the municipality. A law was enacted in 1895 authorizing anissue of bonds to erect the statue at a cost not to exceed thirty thou-sand dollars. Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor, born in Brook-lyn and having a studio in Paris, was commissioned to mold andsupervise the casting of an equestrian statue. It was completed andshipped from France late in 1902; and for some time was stored onthe East Side Lands pending the construction of the pedestal. Thiswork was much delayed. The site of this Monument was locatedby the Department of Parks of the Boroughs of Brooklyn andQueens, City of New York, at the intersection of Eastern Parkwayand Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn; and its pedestal was there built ofMaine granite, nineteen feet long and eight feet wide. Its heightraises the tip of the Generals sword twenty-five feet above the pave-ment. Bronze chains, artistically wrought, encircle the foundation <ff :.
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