1856-05-24 Letter from Randolph Rogers to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-007

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Rome May 24^th 1836

Dr Jacob Bigelow

Dear Sir:

I inclose two photographs of the Statue of John Adams, which you were kind enough to commission me to execute. You will observe that I have followed my sketch pretty closely, only making such changes and improvements as all artists ought to make upon their first studies. It has been seen during the winter by a great many Bostonians and as far as I can learn has been highly spoken of by all.

I have already purchased the block of marble, and shall commence blocking it out as soon as the model is sufficiently dry, which will be in

the course of a week or ten days.

I have drawn on the Mount Auburn cemetery company, through Packenham Hooker & Co, according to contract, for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, that being the second payment on the statue.

Mr Crawford has finished the Otis . He leaves tomorrow morning for America.

Yours very truly Randolph Rogers