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Near Nashville, Tennessee
21 Dec 1850

To His Excellency
Gov Trousdale

By virtue of your commission of the
ninth of September last appointing me, as the successor of Docr.
Gerard Troost deceased " to select from the finest specimens of
"marble in the state of Tennessee a slab, to be prepared, forwarded,
"& placed in the Washington monument at the City of Washington in
"conformity with the provisions of a resolution of the General
"Assembly passed on the 13 of Decmr 1849", I have selected, &
do so report to you, a specimen from the quarries of Orville
Rice in Hawkins, which specimen is herewith delivered to you
& is of a dark variegated mulberry color and is marked
No 1 of a variety of specimens accompanying a letter from
S D Mitchell dated 3 Oct 1850 from Rogenville.

Herewith I also transmit the originals of the communications received by me on the subject.

Very respectfully
Daniel Graham