Mount Auburn Cemetery

These presents are to certify to all whom it may concern that the undersigned, D.K. McRae, United States Consul at Paris, France bears witness to the execution in plaster, of a Statue of Gov: John Winthrop by Richard S Greenough, Sculptor of Boston, Massachusetts, which Statue, being in a sitting posture, is of the following dimensions, viz From the bottom of the plinth to the top of the head, 5 feet, 4 1/2 inches; Lengh of Plinth 4 feet; width of d. 2 feet 2/8 in. Thickness of d. 4 2/8 In.; Said Statue conforming in all essentials to the action and position of a plaster sketch of one third size, modeled by said Richard S. Greenough in Boston, Mass.

Given under my hand and official Seal at Paris aforesaid this 25th day of April 1856.

D.K. McRae U S Consul

{stamp: Consulate of the United States of America (Paris) E PLURIBUS UNUM in black ink}