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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