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form'd by a collection of the emblems of agriculture
surrounded by an oaken wreath, between the
two bands was a collection of all the implements
of war. then follow'd below the second band
a portrait of Minerva surrounded with the
appropriate emblems. Then Hercules vanquishing
the lion. then Fame bearing the palm in one
hand and in the other a trumpet from
which is suspended the portrait of a warrior
the whole of the designs are in Bass relief or rais'd
work and solid gold. The Government gave
me for it Twelve Hundreed dollars deliver'd in
Washington which was considered by competent
judges to be a low price. I wou'd make the two
wanted at the same price each to be delivered
In Washington by the first of March next to your
order it would probably be convenient for
some of the members of congress from Tennessee
to take charge of them, and save the expense
of sending a man on purpose with them to Nashville
They will be put up in [snug?] handsome cases made
of our native birds eye maple and lin'd with
velvet - To have them done by the ^time I mentioned