Vinnie Ream : printed for private distribution only; and to preserve a few souvenirs of artist life from 1865 to 1878 . to contract with that lady for a life-size model and statue of the late President;and pursuant to its terms, a contract was on the 30th of August, 1866, executed whereby theSecretary, on behalf of the United States, promised to pay Miss Ream the sum of Five ThousandDollars on her completion of such life-size model, in plaster, and the further sum of Five ThousandDollars on the completion, to his acceptance, of the statue in marble and delivery thereof to theofficer designated
Vinnie Ream : printed for private distribution only; and to preserve a few souvenirs of artist life from 1865 to 1878 . to contract with that lady for a life-size model and statue of the late President;and pursuant to its terms, a contract was on the 30th of August, 1866, executed whereby theSecretary, on behalf of the United States, promised to pay Miss Ream the sum of Five ThousandDollars on her completion of such life-size model, in plaster, and the further sum of Five ThousandDollars on the completion, to his acceptance, of the statue in marble and delivery thereof to theofficer designated to receive it. A copy of the contract is herewith transmitted. I have inspected the completed model. It bears a faithful resemblance to the original andis highly creditable to the skill of the Artist. I recommend that Congress make an appropriation of Five Thousand Dollars to enable theSecretary of the Interior to pay the installment now due to Miss Ream under her contract. Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, O. H. Browning,Hon. B. F, Wade, Secretary. President pro tempore of the Senate. |/I ;?:. (E\}t Mormn^ (ilory 13itinir ffiram, S>r., 1BB5A portrait bust mniifIrb from life. Quincy, 111., March 7, Sir: Absence from home has prevented earlier attention to yours of the 13th ult.: I have never had the pleasure of seeing Miss Reams statue of the late President Lincoln,and hence can express no opinion in regard to it. The law vv^hich authorized the contract withMiss Ream provided that the price should not exceed $10,000; one half of which was payableon completion of the model in plaster, and the remaining half on completion of the statue in marble,to the acceptance of the Secretary of the Interior. Some time in the fall or winter of 1868, the precise time not now remembered, I was notifiedby Miss Ream that the model was completed and ready for inspection. Within a day or twothereafter I visited her studio in the Capitol, examined and approved the mod
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