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HOUSE .... No. 1832

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A RECORD OF THE PORTRAITS, BUSTS, STATUES, BAS- RELIEFS AND TABLETS IN OR ABOUT THE STATE HOUSE, .

Compiled by E l l e n M udge B u r r i l l , Sergeant-at-Arms’ Department, February 29, 1924.

The following is a record of the portraits, busts, statues, bas-reliefs and tablets, that have been placed in or about the State House, Boston, in honor of Governors and others, prominent in Plymouth and history, together with those whose names are enrolled in the frescoes and stained glass windows; also the mural paintings. The names of all the Governors, from the settlement of and , through the State Constitution to the present, also the Presidents of the Senate and Speakers of the House of Representatives, from 1780 to the present, are given, with an asterisk to signify the portraits not yet in the collection.

P o r t r a i t s .

Governors of Plymouth Colony.

[The asterisk (*) signifies the portraits not yet in the collection.]

Term of Service. Artist. Notes.

•John Carver 1620-21 _ •William Bradford 1621-33 1635-36 1637-38 1639-44 1645-57

Edward Winslow 1633-34 Walter Gilman Page . From original in Pilgrim Hall, Ply­ 1636-37 mouth. Given by the Massachu­ 1644-45 setts Society, Order of Founders and Patriots of America, May 27, 1922. •Thomas Prence . 1634-35 1638-39 1657-73

•Josiah Winslow . 1673-80 - • 1680-92 - Except during the administration of Sir , 1686-89. P o r t r a i t s — Continued. Governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Term of Artist. Service. Notes.

•Matthew Cradock 1629 - Did not come to the Colony. . 1629-20 Original. Provisional Governor 1644-45 until Winthrop’s arrival, June 1649-50 12, 1630. 1651-54 1655-65 . 1630-34 Attributed to Sir Anthony Original. 1637-40 Van Dyke. 1642-44 1646-49

* . 1634-35 No portrait known. 1640-41 1645-46 1650-51

• 1635-36 - *Sir Henry Vane . 1636-37 - • . 1641-42 1654-55 1665-72

John Leverett 1672 - Original. Deputy Governor, Act­ 1673-79 ing Governor, 1672. . 1679-86 Original. Served until May 16, 1689-92 1692; the first charter dissolved ' 1686.

Inter-Chart r Period.

Joseph Dudley 1686 - May 25 to Dec. 20, 1685. President of New .

•Sir Edmund Andros . 1686-89 - Governor of . De­ posed April 18, 1689.

Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

•Sir William Pliips 1692-94 - May 16, 1692-Dec. 4, 1694. William Stoughton, Lieut. 1694-99 Mary B. Hazelton Acting Governor Dec. 4, 1694- Governor, 1692-1701 1700 01 May 26, 1699, and July 17, 1700- July 7, 1701. From original by Evert Duyckinck, of , 1685. Given by the Boston Athenscum, May 20, 1924.

•Richard Coote, Earl of Bel- 1699-1700 - May 26, 1699-July 17, 1700. lomont.

The Council 1701-02 - July 7, 1701-June 11, 1702. . 1702-15 Lyle Durgin From original by Sir Peter Lely (1680J, owned by Dr. D. D. Gil­ bert, of Boston. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297.

The Council 1715 - Feb. 4-Mar. 21, 1715. •, Lieut. Gov­ 1715-16 Acting Governor, Nov. 9, 1715- ernor, 1711-16, 1730-32. 1730 Oct. 5, 1716, and June 11-Aug. 10, 1720. —------P o r t r a i t s — Continued. Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay — Concluded.

Term of Service. Artist. Notes.

•Elizeus Burgess . - - Proclaimed Governor on Nov. 9, 1715, his commission being dated Mar. 17; he did not come over and resigned in April, 1716. • 1716-22 -

William Dummer, Lieut. 1722-28 Frederick P. Vinton . Acting Governor Jan. 1, 1722-July Governor, 1716-30. 1729-30 19, 1728, and Sept. 7, 1729-June, 11, 1730. Copy of original in Dummer Academy. Purchased under Resolves 1886, ch. 71. William Burnet . 1728-29 - July 19, 1728-Sept. 7, 1729. 1730-41 John Singleton Original pastel. Purchased under Acts 1923, ch. 494.

• . 1741-49 - 1753-56

•, Lieut. Gov­ 1749-53 - Acting Governor Sept. 11, 1749— ernor, 1732-58. 1756-57 Aug. 7, 1753, and Sept. 25, 1756- Apr. 4, 1757. The Council 1757 - Apr. 4-Aug. 3, 1757. • 1757-60 -

Thomas Hutchinson, Lieut. 1760 Walter Gilman Page . Acting Governor June 3-Aug. 2, Governor, 1758-71. 1769-71 1760, and Aug. 2, 1769-Mar. 14, 1771-74 1771. From original in Massa­ chusetts Historical Society. Artist unknown. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297. •Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. 1760-69 - Aug. 2, 1760-Aug. 2, 1769. 1774 Original pastel. Given to Gen. William H. Sumner by Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, July 1, 1857. Bequeathed by Gen. Sum­ ner; accepted April 14, 1862. The 1774-75 -

The Council 1775-80 -

Governors elected under the Constitution.

John Hancock 1780-85 Walter Gilman Page . From original by John Singleton 1787-93 Copley, in Museum of Fine Arts. Given by Mr. Page, in 1895.

James Bowdoin . 1785-87 Edmund C. Tarbell From a miniature by John Singler- ton Copley, owned by Robert C. Winthrop. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Samuel . 1794-97 Walter Gilman Page . From original by , in Museum of Fine Arts. Given by Mr. Page, in 1895. 1797-99 John Johnston Original. Painted in 1792. Be­ queathed by Gen. William H. P o r t r a i t s — Continued. Governors elected under the Constitution — Continued.

Term of Artist. Service. Notes.

Caleb Strong 1800-07 Henry Sandham From original by , 1812-16 owned by Rev. A. C. Thompson, D.D. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

James Sullivan . 1807-08 Ernest L. Ipsen . From original by Gilbert Stuart, owned by Richard Sullivan. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

Christopher Gore 1809-10 Mrs. Marie Danforth Page . From original by Trumbull in Memorial Hall, Cambridge. Pur­ chased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

Elbridge Gerry . 1810-12 Henry Sandham From a Vanderlyn drawing and a bust in the Capitol, at Washing­ ton. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

John Brooks 1816-23 Jacob Wagner From original by Gilbert Stuart. Given in 1892 by Francis Brooks, Shepherd Brooks, Peter C. Brooks.

William Eustis 1823-25 Henry Williams . Original. Painted in 1823. Given by the “ Republican Institu­ tion” , May 16, 1874.

Levi Lincoln 1825-33 Frank W. Benson From original by Chester Harding. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. John Davis 1834, 35, From a picture painted from life by 41, 42 Francis Alexander. Given in 1892 by , George Henry Davis, Davis, John Davis, An­ drew McFarland Davis. . 1836, 37, Philip L. Hale From original by Stuart Newton, 38, 39 owned by the late Rev. E. E. Hale. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89. 1840, 43 Robert Gordon Hardie Copy of portrait by W. A. Wall, from life in 1847, owned by Mar­ cus Morton, of Newtonville. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. George N. Briggs 1844, 45, Walter M. Brackett From life in 1849. Purchased under 46, 47, Resolves 1899, ch. 89. 48, 49, 50

George S. Boutwell 1851, 52 Frederick P. Vinton . Copied from Mr. Vinton’s original from life, in Groton Public Li­ brary. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89. John H. Clifford 1853 Benoni Irwin From original by Matthew' Wilson, 1855. Given by Mrs. Sarah Parker Clifford in 1893.

Emory Washburn 1854 William Willard . Painted in 1900, from a daguerreo­ type taken in 1854. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

Henry J. Gardner 1855, 56, Jean Paul Selinger From life in 1890. Given by Mr. 57 Gardner, in 1893. P o r t r a i t s — • Continued. Governors elected under the Constitution —; Continued.

Term of Artist. Notes. Service.

Nathaniel P. Banks . 1858, 59, Daniel J. Strain . From photographs. Purchased 60 under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

John A. Andrew . 1861, 62, From photograph. Given by 63,64,65 John F. Andrew in 1895.

Alexander H. Bullock 1866, 67, Horace R. Burdick Painted in 1893 from original by 68 Frederick P. Vinton. Given by A. G. Bullock and Mrs. Elvira Hazard Bullock in 1895.

William Claflin . 9, 70, J. Harvey Young From life. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89.

William B. Washburn 1872-May Frank W. Benson From a photograph. Purchased 1, 1874 under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

William Gaston . Frederick P. Vinton . Copy of original by Mr. Vinton. Given by Mrs. Gaston, Dec. 18, 1895.

Alexander H. Rice 1876, 77, I. Henry Caliga . From a photograph. Given by Mr. 78 Rice in 1892.

Thomas Talbot . 1879 From life. Given by friends.

John Davis Long 1880, 81, Edgar Parker From life. Given by friends in 82 1882.

Benjamin F. Butler 1883 Walter Gilman Page . From a photograph. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. •

George D. Robinson 1884, 85, Daniel J. Strain . From a photograph. Purchased 86 under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

Oliver Ames 1887, 88, Charles A. Whipple . From photographs, in 1900. Given 89 by Mrs. Ames in July, 1900. John Q. A. Brackett 1890 Walter Gilman Page . From life. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89.

William E. Russell 1891, 92, Edmund C. Tarbell . From photographs. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89.

Frederic T. Greenhalge 1894-Mar. W. A. J. Claus From a photograph. Purchased by 5, 1896 the Executive Council, in 1898.

Roger Wolcott 1897, 98, Frederick P. Vinton . From a photograph. Purchased jointly by Mrs. Wolcott and the Commonwealth, in 1904.

Winthrop Murray Crane 1900, 01, Frederick P. Vinton and From life. Purchased under Acts 02 William W. Churchill 1900, ch. 297.

John L. Bates 1903, 04 William W. Churchill . From life. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297.

William L. Douglas 1905 Arthur M. Hazard From life. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297.

Curtis Guild 1906, 07, S. Burtis Baker . From photographs. Purchased in 08 1919, Revised , ch. 10, sec. 2 2 .

Eben S. Draper . 1909, 10 Joseph DeCamp . From life. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297.

Eugene Noble Foss 1911, 12, Howard E. Smith From life. Purchased under 13 General Laws, ch. 8, sec. 19; Acts 1922, ch. 546.

*David I. Walsh . 1914, 15 P o r t r a i t s — Concluded. Governors elected under the Constitution — Concluded.

Term of Service. Artist. Notes.

Samuel Walker McCall 1916, 17, Edmund C. Tarbell . From life. Purchased under Acts 18 1920, ch. 354.

• . 1919, 20 President of the , Aug. 3, 1923. •Channing H. Cox 1921, 22, - 23, 24

A d d i t i o n a l P o r t r a i t s . President of the United States.

Term of Not€8. Service. Artist.

Abraham Lincoln 1861-65 Albion H. Bicknell From photographs and from mem­ ory. Purchased under Resolves 1906, ch. 30.

Vice-President of the United States.

Henry Wilson 1873-75 Louis Matthieu Didier Guil­ From life. Purchased under Re­ laume. solves 1895, ch. 91.

United States Senators.

Robert Rantoul, Jr. 1851 Joseph Ames Painted in 1853 from an engraving. Given by members of the Legis­ lature, in 1853.

Charles Sumner . 1851-74 Henry Ulke From life. Given by James Worm- ley, of Washington, D. C., in 1884,

Governor.

James Sullivan . 1807-08 J. C. Rauschner . Original portrait in wax. Given by E. C. Grenville. (Owned originally by James Ridgway of Boston.)

Lieutenant Governor.

Henry H. Childs 1843 From life. Given by Henry C. Merwin, Aug. 30, 1901.

Presidents of the Senate.

David Cobb 1801-05 Edgar Parker From portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Given by Samuel C. Cobb, Feb. 15, 1882.

Nathaniel Silsbee 1823-26 Chester Harding From life in 1833. Given by Gen. Francis H. Appleton, May 26, 1882. •Ad d i t i o n a l P o r t r a i t s — Continued.

Presidents of the Senate — Concluded.

Term of Artist. Notes. Service.

Benjamin T. Pickman . 1833-35 Charles Osgood From life. Given by Mrs. Mary Lynch, of Digby, N. S., Apr. 23, 1886.

Myron Lawrence . 1838, 39 Edwin White Original. Bequeathed by Mrs. Sara T. D. Robinson, of ­ rence, , Feb. 24, 1912.

Chaplain of the Senate.

Rev. Edmund Dowse . 1880-1904 Wallace Bryant From life. Presented to the Senate by W. B. H. Dowse, June 3, 1901.

Colonial Minister.

Rev. John Wheelwright - - Original. Painted in 1677.

Provincial Councillor.

Richard Bill .... 1737-41 Henry E. Kinney From original by John Singleton Copley; painted in 1898. Given by Ledvard Bill, of Paxton, in 1898.

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

John Avery .... 1780-1806 - Copy of an oil portrait. Given by John E. Sanborn.

Agent of Massachusetts in Great Britain.

Denys De Berdt . 1765-66 - Original pastel. Given by Richard Cary, June 7, 1780.

President of Council preceding Adoption of State Constitution. Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

Maj. Gen. E. G. Cram From original by Charles Wilson Peale, in , . Given by Arte­ mas Ward, of , ' Jan. 7, 1922.

Architect.

Charles Bulfinch . - From a water color drawing by M. Vautin. Given by Miss Ellen Bulfinch.

Minister to .

Anson Burlingame 1855 61 Matthew B. Brady 1 - A d d i t i o n a l P o r t r a i t s — Concluded' The Adjutant General.

Term of Service. Artist. Notes.

William Schouler . 1860-66 Thomas C. Corner Original. Given by , Aug. 5, 1899.

Messenger to the General Court.

Jacob Kuhn .... 1786-1835 - Original.

Sergeants-at-Arms.

John G. B. Adams 1886-1900 Darius Cobb From photograph. Given by ap­ pointees, May 6, 1901. David T. Remington . 1904-10 John L. Findlay . From life. Given by appointees, June 11, 1906. Thomas F. Pedrick 1910-20 John L. Findlay . From life. Given by appointees, June 13, 1910.

State Librarian.

Caleb B. Tillinghast 1879-1909 Walter Gilman Page . From a photograph. Given to the State Library by friends.

Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

•Rev. Daniel W. Waldron . 1879-1918 - Authorized by Acts of 1923, ch. 494.

Author and War Correspondent.

Charles Carleton Coffin - Frank Tompkins Painted in 1891. Bequeathed to the State Librarian and his suc­ cessors.

Clerks of the Senate.

Stephen N. Gifford 1858-86 - Crayon. Given by Augustus Mar­ shall, 1886.

E. Herbert Clapp . 1886-88 - Crayon. Given by Mrs. Elizabeth G. Clapp, 1898.

Henry D. Coolidge 1889-1922 - Sepia. Given by Mrs. Henry D. Coolidge and her sons, Feb. 7,1923.

Miscellaneous Group.

John Adams, President of 1797-1801 the United States. f Given by Mrs. Frederick Lewis Gay, July 19, 1918. These three William Shirley, Governor . 1741-57 are reproductions by photogra­ vure; the two latter are from Sir , Bart., 1756-58 - original mezzotints. Lieut. Governor; Acting ' 1 Governor. There are also photographs or crayons of the gentlemen who have presided over the following Departments: Agriculture, The Adjutant General, Attorney General, Auditor, Education, Executive Department and Council, Grand Army of the Republic, Insurance, Public Safety, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Sergeant- at-Arms, Surgeon General, Tax Commissioner, Treasurer and Receiver General, and the Senate and House of Representatives have a number of group photographs, together with two bas-reliefs of Governor John Davis, in plaster, one of which was given by U. Waldo Cutler, Director of the Worcester Historical Society.

B u s t s . Presidents of the United States. (# signifies marble; f bronze; X plaster.]

Term of Service. Sculptor. Notes.

^ 1789-97 Ascribed to Christian Gul- Received about 1800; donor un­ lager. known.

^ 1861-65 Mrs. Sarah F. Ames . Purchased under Resolves 1867, ch. 88. tAbraham Lincoln and the Given by the Dept, of Massachu­ (bust setts, Woman’s Relief Corps, un­ and tablet). der Resolves 1911, ch. 89, — Mar. 28, 1912. The bust is a replica of one from life, by Leonard W. Volk, in 1860.

Vice-President of the United States.

# 1873-75 Martin Milmore . Given by William Whiting and others, May 3, 1872.

United States Senators.

^ . 1851-74 Martin Milmore . Given by A. A. Lawrence and others, Apr. 27, 1869.

#George F. Hoar . 1877-1904 Purchased under Resolves 1906, ch. 62. Unveiled Sept. 29, 1908.

Revolutionary Patriot and Scientist.

^, Conti­ 1775-76 Given by Horatio S. Greenough, nental Congress. Jan. 26, 1898. One of the framers of 1776 the Declaration of In­ dependence. Federal Constitutional 1787 Convention.

Major General in the .

#Marquis De Lafayette 1777 Horatio Greenough Given by Horatio S. Greenough, Jan. 26, 1898.

Governor.

fJohn Hancock (tablet and 1780-85 The bust is reproduced from the bust). 1787-93 statue in the Senate wing of the Capitol at Washington. Given by the Massachusetts Society, , Oct. 19, 1915, under Resolves 1913, ch. 7. B u s t s — Concluded. Governors.

Term of Service. Sculptor. Notes.

^George S. Boutwell 1851, 52 Martin Milmore . Given by Isaac Rich and others, Feb. 7, 1871. #John D. Long 1880,81,82 Pierre Millet jfOliver Ames 1887,88,89 Robert Kraus Modelled in 1890. Given by Mrs. Ames in 1900. fWilliam E. Russell 1891,92,93 Richard E. Brooks Modelled in 1893. Given by friends in 1897.

^Frederic T. Greenhalge 1894-96 Samuel J. Kitson Modelled in 1895. Given by citi- ens of Lowell, Feb. 28, 1896.

Miscellaneous Group.

#Rev. Samuel F. Smith Cyrus Cobb Author. Purchased under Re­ solves 1896, ch. 119.

#Col. Gardiner Tufts . Richard E. Brooks Military Agent at Washington, Civil war. Given by friends in 1892. jCaleb B. Tillinghast . 1879-1909 State Librarian. #Rev. Charles Brooks . Thomas Crawford () . Made in 1842; received in 1892. #Henry Todd Given by the family. He estab­ lished a fund for Normal Schools. JRev. Arthur Buckminster Chaplain Sixteenth Massachusetts Fuller. Infantry, Civil War.

S t a t u e s .

President of the United States.

[# signifies marble; t bronze; § bronze and gold leaf.1

Term of Sculptor. Notes. Service.

^George Washington 1789-97 Sir Francis Chantrey . Given by the Washineton Monu­ ment Association, Nov. 26, 1827.

United States Senator.

tDaniel Webster . 1827-41 Given by the Webster Memorial 1845-50 Fund, Sept. 17, 1859, under Re­ solves 1859, ch. S9.

Governor.

#John A. Andrew . 1861-65 Thomas Ball Made in 1870. Given by citizens, Feb. 14, 1871. S t a t u e s — Concluded. Secretary State Board of Education.

Term of Sculptor. Notes. Service. fHorace Mann 1837-48 . Given by school children and teachers of Massachusetts in 1860, under Resolves 1859, ch. 113, and of 1861, ch. 66. Dedicated July 4, 1865.

Mrs. Anne Marbury Hutchinson. fMrs. Anne Marbury Hutch­ Cyrus E. Dallin . Given by the inson. Memorial Association, and State of Women’s Clubs, under Resolves 1922, ch. 45.

Civil War.

Sculptor. Notes.

§Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks . Henry H. Kitson . Purchased under Resolves 1897, ch. 79. Dedicated Sept. 16, 1908. fMaj. Gen. William F. Bartlett Daniel Chester French . Purchased under Resolves 1901, ch. 55 and 1903, ch. 4. Dedicated May 27, 1904. fMaj. Gen. . Olin L. Warner Purchased under Resolves 1891, ch. 81. fMaj. Gen. Joseph Hooker . Daniel Chester French Purchased under Resolves 1896, ch. 43. and Edward C. Potter. Unveiled June 25, 1903. tArmy Nurses’ Memorial Bela L. Pratt Given by the Army Nurses’ Memorial Association, Dept, of Massachusetts, Daughters of Veterans, Feb. 12, 1914, under Resolves 1911, ch. 21.

B a s -R e l i e f s , S t a t u e s a n d T a b l e t s .

Civil War.

Sculptor. Notes. tBrig. Gen. Thomas Greeley Steven­ Bela L. Pratt Given by the Stevenson Memorial Asso­ son (bas-relief). ciation, and other friends, Dec. 7, 1905, under Resolves 1905, ch. 20. fRear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow William Couper . Purchased under Resolves 1908, ch. 63. (bas-relief). Unveiled May 8, 1909. tGeorge Luther Stearns (tablet) . For his work during Civil War. Resolves 1897, ch. 72. TSa s -R e l i e f s , S t a t u e s a n d T a b l e t s — Continued. Spanish-American War.

Sculptor. Notes.

jftMemorial to Roger Wolcott, Gov­ Daniel Chester French . Given by citizens Dec. 31, 1906. ernor, and the Massachusetts men in the Spanish-American war (statue and bas-relief).

#Curtis Guild, Governor (tablet and and Given by citizens Dec. 22, 1916. bas-relief). Frank W. Ferguson.

World War.

IfLieut. Norman Prince (bas-relief) . John F. Paramino Given by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H.- Prince, Oct. 15,1921. Lieut. Prince was an aviator in the World War, and founder of the Lafayette Escadrille.

fHenry Bradford Endicott (bas-relief Henry H. Kitson . Jointly by the family and Common­ and tablet). wealth, under Acts 1920, ch. 629. Un­ veiled Dec. 15, 1921. fWorld War Chaplains (bas-relief) Bashka Paeff Purchased under Resolves 1921, ch. 45. Rev. Captain Walton S. Danker, Unveiled July 19, 1922. 104th U. S. Infantry. Lieut. Fr. William F. Davitt, 125th U. S. Infantry. Lieut. Fr. John B. DeValles, 104th U. S. Infantry. Lieut. Fr. Simon A. O’Rourke, U. S. Navy.

•Congressional Men Authorized by Resolves 1922, ch. 38, and (bas-relief). 1923, ch. 23. Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, formerly Major 308th Infantry, 77th Division. Private Michael J. Perkins, Co. D, 101st Infantry, 26th Division. Private George Dilboy, Co. H, 103rd Infantry, 26th Division. 2nd Lieut. Ralph Talbot, Squadron C, 1st Marine Aviation Force, U. S. Marine Corps.

fTo the Animals in the World War Given by the Massachusetts Society for (tablet). the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Mar. 30, 1920, under Resolves 1919, ch. 67.

Miscellaneous Group. fjoh n Hancock, site of his home, Cast by William Blake, Blake’s Bell Beacon St., Boston (tablet). Foundry, Causeway St., Boston. tCharles Bulfinch, Architect (tablet) Architect of the Bulfinch State House. Purchased by the Commonwealth in 1898. B a s -R e l i e f s , S t a t u e s a n d T a b l e t s '— Concluded.

Miscellaneous Group — Concluded.

Sculptor. Notes.

■[Commemorating the preservation of Purchased by the Commonwealth in the Bulfinch State House (tablet). 1898.

■[Commemorating completion of the - Purchased by the Commonwealth in wings (tablet). 1917.

Beacon Monument, erected by the Association in 1898 and presented to the Com­ monwealth June 17, 1899. The original Beacon was erected by an order of the General Court March 4, 1634-35. A Doric column, designed by , was erected in 1710, by the voluntary contri­ bution of the citizens of Boston; removed in 1811, when the hill was cut down. The four slate tablets in its base, commemorating the “ events which led to the and finally secured liberty and independence to the United States” , are in the stone reproduction.

P h o t o g r a p h s o f P r e s i d e n t s o f t h e S e n a t e .

[The asterisk (*) signifies photographs not yet in the collection.]

N a m e . Session. N a m e . Session.

Thomas Cushing .... 1780-81. Marshall P. Wilder 1850. .... 1780-81. Henry Wilson .... 1851, 52. 1781-82. Charles H. Warren 1853. .... 1781-82. Charles Edward Cook . 1854. 1782-85. Henry W. Benchley 1855. 1,785-86. Elihu C. Baker .... 1856. 1787-88. Charles W. Upham 1857, 58. Samuel Phillips .... 1785-87. Charles A. Phelps .... 1859, 60. 1788-1801. .... 1861. 1801-02. John H. Clifford .... 1862. David Cobb ..... 1801-02. Jonathan E. Field .... 1863, 64, 65. 1802-05. Joseph A. Pond .... 1866, 67. Harrison Gray Otis 1805-06. George O. Brastow 1868, 69. 1808-11. Robert C. Pitman .... 1869. John Bacon* ..... 1806-07. Horace H. Coolidge 1870, 71, 72. * .... 1807-08. George B. Loring .... 1873, 74, 75, 76. 1811-13. John B. D. Cog:swell . 1S77, 78, 79. ..... 1813-23. Robert R. Bishop .... 1880, 81, 82. .... 1823-26. George Glover Crocker . 18S3. John Mills ..... 1826-28. George A. Bruce .... 1884. .... 1828-29. Albert E. Pillsbury 1885, 86. .... 1829-30. Halsey J. Boardman 1887, 88. 1830-31. Harris C. Hartwell 1889. James Fowler .... 1830-31. Henry H. Sprague 1890, 91. 1831. Alfred S. Pinkerton 1892, 93. * 1832. William M. Butler .... 1894, 95. Benjamin T. Pickman . 1833, 34, 35. George P. Lawrence 1896, 97. George B lis s ...... 1835. George E. Smith .... 1898, 99, 1900. .... 1836,37. Rufus A. Soule .... 1901, 02. .... 1838, 39. George R. Jones .... 1903, 04. Daniel P. King .... 1840,41. William F. Dana .... 1905, 06. Josiah Quincy, Jr...... 1842,44. William D . Chappie 1907, 08. Phineas W. Leland 1843. Allen T. Treadway 1909, 10, 11. Frederick Robinson 1843. Levi H. Greenwood 1912, 13. Levi Lincoln ..... 1845. Calvin Coolidge .... 1914, 15. William B. Calhoun 1846,47. Henry G. Wells .... 1916, 17, 18. Zeno Scudder .... 1848. Edwin T. McKnight 1919, 20. Joseph B e l l ...... 1849. Frank G. Allen* .... 1921, 22, 23, 24 P h o t o g r a p h s o f S p e a k e r s o f t h e H o u s e o f R epresentatives .

[The asterisk (*) signifies photographs not yet in the collection.!

N a m e . Session. N ame. Session.

Caleb Davis .... 1780-81. .... 1841. 1781-82. Thomas Kinnicut 1842, 44. 1782. Daniel P. King .... 1843. 1782-83. Samuel H. Walley, Jr. 1844, 45, 46. 1785-86. Ebenezer Bradbury 1847. 1783-84. Francis B. Crowninshield . 1848, 49. Samuel Allyne Otis 1784-85. Ensign H. Kellog 1850. Arteinas Ward .... 1786-87. Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr. 1851, 52. James Warren .... 1787-88. George Bliss .... 1853. 1788-89. Otis P. Lord .... 1854. David Cobb 1789-93. Daniel C. Eddy .... 1855. Edward H. Robbins . 1793-1802. Charles A. Phelps 1856, 57. John Coffin Jones 1802-03. .... 1859. Harrison Gray Otis 1803-05. John A. Goodwin 1860, 61. Tim othy Bigelow 1805-06. Alexander H. Bullock 1862, 63, 64, 65. 1808-10. James M. Stone .... 1866, 67. 1812-20. Harvey Jewell .... 1868, 69, 70, 71. .... 1806-08. John E. Sanford .... 1872, 73, 74, 75. 1810-11. John D. Long .... 1876, 77, 78. .... 1811. Levi C. Wade .... 1879. 1811-12. Charles J. Noyes 1880,81,82,87,88. Eleazer W. Ripley 1812. George A . Marden 1883, 84. Elijah H. Mills . 1820-21. John Q. A. Brackett . 1885, 86. Josiah Quincy .... 1821. William E. Barrett 1889,90,91,92,93. 1821-22. George v. L. Meyer . 1894, 95, 96. Luther Lawrence 1822. John L. Bates .... 1897, 98, 99. Levi Lincoln .... 1822-23. James J. Meyers .... 1900, 01, 02, 03. William C. Jarvis 1823-25. Louis A. Frothingham 1904, 05. 1826-28. John N. Cole .... 1906, 07, 03. .... 1825-26. Joseph Walker .... 1909, 10, 11. William B. Calhoun . 1828-30. Grafton D. Cushing . 1912, 13, 14. 1830, 31, 32,33,34. Channing H. Cox 1915, 16, 17, 18. .... 1835, 36, 37, 58. Joseph E. Warner* 1919, 20. Robert C. Winthrop . 1838, 39, 40. Benjamin Loring Young* . 1921, 22, 23, 24. ------

N a m e s o f M assachusetts M e n e n r o l l e d i n t h e F r e s c o e s o r S t a i n e d G l a s s . In the arched panels of the ceiling, over the main staircase:

John Hancock, Samuel Adams, , James Otis.

In the stained glass skylight, Room 433, — United States Senators:

Tristram Dalton 1789-91 . 1789-96 . 1791-96 Theodore Sedgwick . 1796-99 1796-1800 1799-1800 Jonathan Mason 1800-03 Dwight Foster . 1800-03 Adams 1803-08 . 1803-11 James Lloyd, Jr. 1803-13 . 1811-17 1813-16 Harrison Gray Otis . 1817-22 Eli Porter Ashmun 1816-18 James Lloyd 1822-26 1818-20 Nathaniel Silsbee 1826-35 Elijah Hunt Mills 1820-27 John Davis 1835-41 1827-41 Isaac Chapman Bates 1841-45 . 1841-45 John Davis 1845-53 Daniel Webster 1845-50 Edward Everett 1853-54 1850-51 Julius Rockwell 1854-55 Robert Rantoul, Jr. 1851 Henry Wilson . 1855-73 Charles Sumner 1851-74 George S. Bout well . 1873-77 William B. Washburn 1874-75 1877-1904 Dawes 1875-93 1893- On the frieze in the House of Representatives:

John Carver and William Bradford, the first two governors of Plymouth Colony. John Endecott and John Winthrop, the first two governors of Massachusetts Colony. Sir Henry Vane, governor of Massachusetts Colony in 1636; beheaded in England in 1662 for his devotion to liberty. Timothy Pickering, adjutant-general and quartermaster-general on the staff of General Washington, in the Revolutionary war; later postmaster-general, secretary of war and in Washington’s cabinet, also senator from Massachusetts. , major-general in the Revolutionary war and secretary of war in Washington’s cabinet. , major-general in the Revolutionary war. , revolutionary statesman; first vice-president and second president of the United States Nathan Dane, member of the Con'inental Congress of 1785-87, and author of the ordinance of 1787 which prohibited in the territcr.es west of the River. Josiah Quincy, statesman and president of . , statesman and sixth president of United States. Daniel Webster and Charles Sumner, statesmen and senators from Massachusetts. Henry Wilson, statesman, senator and vice-president of the United States. John A. Andrew, governor of Massachusetts during the Civil war. Rufus Choate, and senator from Massachusetts. and , chief justices of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Joseph Story, justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Edward Eve,ett, statesman, orator, United States senator and governor of Massachusetts. and , anti-slavery . Horace Mann, educator. Samuel G. Howe, educator of the blind. , member of Congress, and chief justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Charles Devens, major-general in the Civil war, attorney-general of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. YVilliam F. Bartlett, major-general in the Civil war. Rufus Putnam, brigadier general in the Revolutionary war, and founder of the Marietta Colony in Ohio. Benjamin Franklin, revolutionary patriot and scientist. Nathaniel Bowditch and Benjamin Peirce, mathematicians. , naturalist. William T. G. Morton, discoverer of the anesthetic property in ether. Charles Bulfinch, architect. Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the electric telegraph. , inventor of the telephone. , William H. Prescott, J. Lothrop Motley and , historians. , poet and prose writer. , author. Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet and prose writer. and Henry W. Longfellow, poets. , poet and prose writer. , poet. John Singleton Copley, artist of ante-revolutionary period. William M. Hunt, artist. Jonathan Edwards, Channing and , preachers.

The following Governors of the Provincial period are recognized through the armorial portions of their coats-of-arms, in the stained glass window, at the head of the main staircase:

Sir ..... 1691-94 William Burnet 1728-29 William Stoughton ..... 1694-99 Jonathan Belcher 1730-41 Richird Coote, Earl of Bellomont . 1699-1701 William Shirley 1741-57 Joseph Dudley ..... 1702-15 Thomas Pownall 1757-60 Samuel S h u t e ...... 1716-22 Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. 1760-69 ..... 1723-28 Thomas Hutchinson 1769-74

There are seven mural paintings:

The Pilgrims on the M a y flo w e r ...... Henry Oliver Walker. John Eliot Preaching to the Indians ...... Henry Oliver Walker Concord Bridge, April 19, 1775 ...... Edward Simmons. The Return of the Colors to the Custody of the Commonwealth, Dec. 22, 1865 . Edward Simmons. James Otis arguing against the Writs of Assistance, in the Old Town House . . Robert Reid. The Boston lea P arty ...... Robert Reid. ’s R i d e ...... Robert Reid. Two connecting panels, with medallions of John Hancock and Samuel Adams Robert Reid.

The stained glass skylight, in the corridor, rear of Doric Hall, has “ Liberty” in the center, surrounded by the names of the Republics of Hellas, Helvetia, , , , Iceland, Holland, Andorra, San Marino and Rome, with the seals of “ Mattachusets Bay in Nova Anglia” and “ Plimouth Nov Anglia” . The Colony seal and State coat-of-arms are carved in the marble, in the Senate Staircase Hall. The Colony, Province and Magna Charta seals, and the State coat-of-arms are in the stained glass window main staircase. The National coat- of-arms is in the House of Representatives. The State coat-of-arms is also in the Council Chamber, the Senate, Senate Reception Room, House of Representatives, on the balconies of the Wings and the Derne Street gate. The coat-of-arms of Boston, England, is on the Bowdoin Street gate. The dates “ 1620, 1775 and 1861 ” are wrought in the ceiling of the State Library. The coved ceiling in the House of Representatives contains the names of the Coun­ ties of the Commonwealth. The cathedral glass in the dome of Memorial Hall has the coats-of-arms of the thirteen original States, surrounded by a bronze cornice with the eagles of the Republic. The five windows in the south wall of the Extension are emblematic of manufactures, commerce, education, fisheries and agriculture. (Resolves 1900, ch. 52.) The pendants in the dome of the Senate chamber contain emblems of commerce, agriculture, war and peace. The mirror over the fireplace in the Governor’s private office is ornamented with a bust of George Washington, and in the Council Chamber are the caduceus and cap of liberty, representing peace and freedom, the scale and sword of justice, emblems of executive power, the golden star representing one State in the Union. The Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders of architecture, the egg and dart mould­ ing, the acanthus leaf, shell, fleur-de-lis, oak and laurel are evidenced throughout the State House. Of the marbles, there is Massachusetts, Vermont, Italian, Greek, Antique Afri­ can, Belgian black, Black and gold Italian, Cippolino, Connemara, French gray, Languedoc, Onyx, Pavonazzo, Rouge Jasper, Shell, Siena, , Vert Campan, Istrian, Numidian, Travatine.