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[Monterey?] April [11.91?]
[Gent?] John [Gibbon?]
Dear General after a visit to the Monument of Fr Junipero, I came to the [conclusion?] that the whole thing will be a failure. It was understood that the [statue?] [was?] to have a Cross on his left hand, now it has a Bible pressed to his breast which distinguishes him and gives him a cowardly figure. [?] the whole thing finished was [understood?] to be 21 feet high, now it will be only 11 feet. I never heard yet one word in favor of it, every[ones?] condemning a Franciscan friar with the Bible and no cross in hand. [If?] thing be so, I will have nothing to do with ceremony of its unveiling. I am sorry altogether to see