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THE STATE HOUSE

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

«y ELLEN MUDGE BURRILL

'Boston State House is the Hub of the Solar System Oliver Wendell Holmes

[Seventh Edition]

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J The Bulfinch State House g

B "Far the most beautiful city in America, as far B

5 as I have seen, is Boston, and the State House is M g the most beautiful building in the country. At g = Washington, at Albany, at Chicago, and elsewhere, | M you see much grander and more costly structures; M

M but this is in perfect taste and proportion: every M

M interspace the right size, every moulding right, M

M every decoration refined — a sort of Adams archi- M

M tecture of noblest type. . . . The situation is noble, M

M and has been made the best of." H

= From " Life and Correspondence of John Duke Lord Col- g M eridge. Lord Chief Justice of England." Extract from a letter g g to Sir M. E. Grant Duff, dated New York. October 26. 1883. g

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INTRODUCTION

it THE State House Guide Book was originally written at the request of the late Captain

John G. B. Adams, Sergeant-at-Arms. Fifty- seven thousand copies, in six editions, have been dis-

tributed since igoi to visitors from every State in the Union and from many foreign countries. The seventh of Chapter edition is now published under authority

211, Item 126b, Acts of 1920.

With the intention of giving a brief Intro- survey of the build- and comprehensive duction ing's history, the book is arranged in three describe 1 parts. In the first, it has been the aim to g with I briefly the inception of the Bulfinch State House, | B ' the principal changes and additions since its erection | the places of in 1795. The second guides the visitor to g

part is 1 interest in and about the building. The third | 1 confined to the political and military record of those | has been B in whose honor a bust, oil painting or statue | 1 placed in the State House. If any inaccuracies are | m discovered, the author will be glad to have them | H pointed out. H

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M I am very happy to extend my thanks to Mr. Charles | J O. Holt, Sergeant-at-Arms, under whose direction the M

M seventh edition is issued ; to the Secretary of the Com- g I monwealth and the State Librarian, for their kindness H

in granting access to the archives ; also to g Intro- the many friends who have cheerfully and = duction generously aided in my research, especially M

renewing my gratitude for the personal assistance

and interest in my work extended by Mr. Holt,

by Mr. James Beatty and Mr. Thomas F. Pedrick,

former Sergeants-at-Arms, by Mr. Caleb B. Tillinghast

and Mr. Charles F. D. Belden, former State Librarians. ELLEN MUDGE BURRILL.

Lynn, Mass., March i, igzi.

p [Copyright, by Ellen Mudge Burrill, iq2i.] M

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The hill upon which the State House stands was

originally called Tra-mount, owing to the " three

little rising hills on the top of a high mountain on the north west side of the town." This "high mountain " extended through the centre of the peninsula, from the head of Hanover Street south-

westerly to the water beyond the State House. It retained the name of Tra-mount until used as a

look-out where the colonists "kept watch to foresee

the approach of forrein dangers," when it was called

Sentry Hill. After the erection of the Beacon, in

1635, it received the name of Beacon Hill.

Of these "three little rising hills" the first History was called Cotton, afterwards Pemberton M Hill, the central peak Sentry or Beacon Hill, the third m m peak West or Copley's Hill and later Mt. Vernon, g M but for many years the name of Beacon Hill has M M included the three peaks. H g In accordance with a resolve of the General Court, m M dated Feb. 16, 1795,^ Edward Hutchinson Robbins, H M Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas M B Dawes and Charles Bulfinch were appointed agents M M on the part of the Commonwealth, with authority B

1 of ^ Chapter 66, Resolves 1 794, January session. B

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M to erect, build and finish a new State House for the M M "accommodation of all the legislative and executive S B branches of government, on a spot of ground in g M Boston, commonly called the Governor's pasture, M M containing about two acres, more or less, adjoin- g M ing the late Governor Hancock's garden and be- | M longing to his heirs, — provided the Town of M M Boston would, at their expense, purchase and cause g H the same to be conveyed in fee simple to the Com- = M monwealth." The sum of ;^8,ooo was allowed for M M the purpose. A lawfully authorized committee of g the Town,— William Tudor, Charles Jarvis, = i ^ History John Coffin Jones, William Eustis, William g Little, Thomas Dawes, Joseph Russell, M H Harrison Gray Otis and Perez Morton,— purchased the = M "Governor's pasture" for £4,000, in behalf of the in- g M habitants, and conveyed it to the Commonwealth in @ g consideration of the premises and of five shillings paid to M J the committee by the agents. The deed was dated H g May 2, 1795,^ and —the bounds of the pasture were M M described as follows: "beginning at the Southeasterly M M corner of the garden of the late Governor Hancock, B g and thence running an Easterly course on Beacon g S Street, about two hundred and forty three feet M M three inches, more or less, to the corner of a street g g or passage way leading up Beacon Hill, thence run- g g ning a Northerly course upon said passage way towards B B the summit of said hill, two hundred and forty nine B 8 feet, more or less, thence running a westerly course g g 1 Suffolk Registry of Deeds. Vol. 182, pp. 144. 145. M

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upon another passage way leading round said hill

two hundred and thirty five feet and three inches,

more or less, until it meets the Northeasterly corner

of the said late Governor's garden, thence running

on a line with said garden, nearly straight, about

three hundred and seventy one feet, to the first men-

tioned bounds, — the above description being in-

tended to comprize the said pasture as it is now fenced

in."

Charles Bulfinch was chosen architect. The corner-stone — on a truck, decorated with ribbons

— was drawn to its place by fifteen white

horses, each with a leader, and was laid History

with public ceremonies, July 4, 1795, by

His Excellency Samuel Adams, Governor, assisted by Most Worshipful Paul Revere, Grand Master, Right Worshipful William Scollay, Deputy Grand Master, and brethren of the Grand Lodge of Masons.

The structure was 172 feet front, 65 feet deep, 155 feet high, including the dome, and cost, as shown

by resolves from Feb. 16, 1795, to June 22, lyqq,

$140,000. This sum included the cost of a house for the Messenger to the General Court, which, with

land, amounted to $5,000, leaving for the State

House $135,000 (Auditor's Report for 1849).

Thursday, Jan. 11, 1798, the General Court assembled for the last time in the old State House,

State Street, where their sessions had been held for fifty years, and at 12 o'clock, noon — having been

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joined by His Excellency Increase Sumner, Gov- I g S | the Treasurer I g emor, Honorable Council, the Secretary, J | and architect, Charles Bulfinch, — formed a pro- I g M i

I g cession and marched to the new building. The two B |

I M Houses, with the Governor and Council, assembled M | in I M the Senate Chamber in the afternoon, proceeded M | to -the House of Representatives, and heard prayers I I B |

. from the Chaplain, after which the Supreme Ex- M I g | ecutive and the Honorable Senate retired to their I I m I several apartments. I g g |

Early in the nineteenth century, the State House I g M | M lot appears to have been enclosed a fence I by wooden g f

on Beacon Street, with brick fences on the g I History east, west and north. Those the east on g |

and north were removed in 1 826 and a wall g I of hammered stone, on a solid trench foundation, with I g g | iron picketed fence, substituted. There was erected I g g | in the east wall an iron gate, with stone posts, I g and a m I flight of stone steps, iron railings, I g with for a convenient g I entrance to the building I g from Sumner Street (later Mt. g I

Vernon Street). At the west end of the northerly line, I g | | there was a double and a single iron gate, with I g stone H | = gate posts, as entrances to I a foot way and carriage g i way along the west side of the building I g and parallel to g I the west bounds of the yard, leading I g to Beacon Street B f and terminating at the iron gates I g and granite posts, = I which, until the Fall of iqiq, were still in position at I g g |

1 I g the corner of Beacon Street and Hancock Avenue. g I

1 Chapters 41 and 42. Resolves of 1824. See page 20. i g 36, g i

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reported by Stephen P. Fuller, surveyor, in con- M I | currence of Solomon Willard, architect. The banks M | | and slopes which, "for over a third of a century had M J | obstructed the view of the building," were removed, H g | of the architectural m "affording a better exhibition M | of House." surveyor M m proportions the State The | of the Entrance-way found that the elevation of J g | the of the Colonnade, above the sidewalk in M walk J | nearly feet, "making the B Beacon Street, was 31 g I

S inclination in the whole way, of one inch and two M I m thirds of an inch, in one foot." By the plan adopted, m 1 the inclination was reduced to half an inch g |

History in the foot. The upper parts of the grass M I

banks were necessarily reduced, and the M I g grass swards relaid ; the number of steps were increased m g the old freestone steps and flags repaired and relaid, and g g iron railing procured for the front steps. The new g g plinth of the piazza was made of marble slabs, which M g for years had been stored in the cellar. ^ g

M The first addition to the Bulfinch State House g g was a one story "Fire Proof Edifice" erected on g g the northern front, under a resolve of March 10, g

1. g 1 83 2 The architect was Isaiah Rogers; the con- g g tractors James Hunt, Housewright, and Noah Porter, g M Mason; the superintendent of construction, Charles g M Wells. This edifice was 94 feet long, by 25 feet high, g g resting on a hammered stone foundation; the out- g M 1 State Archives, House files 1833, No. 12,851; Minutes B g made by Benjamin Russell, Chairman of the Committee on Public ^ g Buildings. ^ m 2 Chapter 75. Resolves of 1 83 1. ^

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side walls were of face bricks; the arches I H had key B stones, similar south front; I S to the the piers had g belts and four rosettes of freestone; the caps and I g B sills of the six windows freestone; I B were the roof B was covered with copper, ornamented I I by a balus- B trade of wood, like I B the one over the portico on the g

south front ; the four rooms for the safe-keeping I S of the B = I records and papers of the Commonwealth were vaulted B

I B with bricks ; the floor was likewise vaulted and cov- M ered flagging stone. I B with The work was completed M

For the better accommodation of the State Library and other departments, a History

B viding for the appointment of a committee of three "to I procure plans and estimates for a fire-proof building to g be erected in the rear of the State House." It was B voted, on April 27, 1853, ^ that a fire-proof building M should be erected on the north side, to be connected M with the main edifice, and the sum of $65,000 was B appropriated. The Governor, with the advice of the B Council, appointed three commissioners to superintend g the erection of the structure, — Charles H. Warren, I President of the Senate, John T. Heard and Samuel B K. Hutchinson, — a majority entering upon their B duties June 2, 1853. The following month Mr. Heard

g 1 State Archives: Papers filed with the Resolve; Bond of ^ May 10, 1831, and specifications; also plan No. ziyq (signed ^ by the contractors) and No. 2180; Maps and Plans in Volumes g 26 and 55. g * Chapter qq. Resolves of 1852. g ' Chapter iqi. Acts of 1853.

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H Jr., was chosen to fill the vacancy. The report of 1 Jan. 26, 1855, is signed by these three gentlemen, H but the next report, submitted Feb. 20, 1855, bears 1 the signatures of Joseph R. Richards, S. K. Hutchin- m son and George M. Thacher as commissioners. Grid- Appropriations I ley J. F. Bryant was the architect. m were made from time to time, until, when completed, the addition cost $243,203.86. In conse- ^ History quence of repairs to the foundation of the Bulfinch State House, and incident to some B necessary excavating at the southeast corner, a few g M copper coins and two pieces of sheet lead were found = on August 7, 1855. This brought out the further inter- | H esting fact that a rough granite stone, still in its place, g B was the comer-stone and that the deposits of 1795 had | only been slightly protected. These original deposits, g M with new ones, were placed in a metal box, and in g H the presence of His Excellency Henry J. Gardner, | I Governor, on Aug. 11, 1855, were inserted by Most J I Worshipful Winslow Lewis, M.D., Grand Master, and g B other members of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, g M in the same southeast corner, under a newly ham- g = mered granite ashlar, which rested upon a block g B of granite, laid upon a new and firm foundation. g

B Under a resolve of May 23, 1866, ^ a commission g M consisting of John H. Clifford, ex-Governor, Joseph g B A. Pond, President of the Senate, and James M. g B Stone, Speaker of the House of Representatives, g g I Chapter 87. Resolves of 1866. g

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appointed to "consider the subject of M was whole B | remodelling the State House." Their report, con- M | |

g taining three plans, drawn by Mr. Bryant and S | M Alexander R. Esty, was referred to the committee on Ml

M State House of 1867, and it was decided, June i,^ g I that the Legislature should additional M have committee g |

I rooms, that certain alterations and improvements M | should be in the building, as well as a general g made g | M system of repairs, ventilation, steam heat S and increased cellar accommodations, History g Mr. Pond and Mr. Stone were appointed g commissioners, William Washburn & Son were the m M architects, and the final cost was $270,256.96. M

g Commonwealth Building, No. 1 1 Mt. Vernon Street, M g formerly the Way estate, was procured under an act g g approved May 26, 1882, 2 remodelled and used by State M M departments until the winter of iqoo, when it was M g razed, together with houses Nos. 1-6 Mt. Vernon M g Street, that the land might be included in the park. g

g On May 17, 1888,^ the Governor and Council g g were authorized to acquire the land bounded by M g Derne, Temple, Mt. Vernon and Hancock Streets, M g and a parcel of land east of Temple Street, between g M Mt. Vernon and Derne; also to discontinue Temple g g Street between Mt. Vernon and Derne Streets. By M this M act $500,000 was appropriated, and May 3, M M i88q, ^ $130,000 additional was allowed. An act M

g 1 Chapter 84, Resolves of 1867. * Chapter 349, Acts of 1888. g g ' Chapter 262. Acts of 1882. 6 Chapter 300. Acts of i88q. g ^ 3 Chapter 382, Acts of iqoo. ^

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of June 1 6, iSqi, ^ enabled the commissioners to j take land bounded by Deme and Bowdoin Streets, [

^ Beacon Hill Place and the State House. June q, 1893, 1 provision was made for taking Beacon Hill Place; 1

J une 29, I 8q4, ^ for taking the land bounded by Bowdoin, 1 Beacon, Mt. Vernon Streets and land then owned 1 by the Commonwealth; also on June ig, iqoi,^ g for procuring the estates Nos. 8-14 Mt. Vernon I Street, I

The Governor and Council were allowed $5,000 1

on May 25, 1888,^ to prepare a general plan for the 1 better accommodation of the State government, 1 and March iq, i88q, ^ $2,500 was ap- 1 History propriated to further perfect the plan. | A bill providing for the enlargement of |

M the State House was reported, becoming a law June 4, M

M i88q. ' To meet the expenses incurred under this act, M g a loan, not exceeding $2,500,000, was authorized, and g H work was begun under the direction of John D. Long, M m William Endicott, Jr., and Benjamin D. Whitcomb, H J State House Construction Commissioners. Upon the M I death of Mr. Whitcomb, in 1 894, Charles Everett Clark S I was appointed a member of the commission, and g I upon the resignation of Mr. Long, Mr. Endicott m M became chairman, with George W. Johnson as the M M third member. ^ The architects were Charles Brigham g

g 1 Chapter 404, Acts of 1 8q2. » Chapter 92. Resolves of 1888. M M » Chapter 450, Acts of 1893. « Chapter 38. Resolves of i88g. M M ' Chapter 532, Acts of 1894. ' Chapter 394. Acts of i88q. M * M Chapter 525, Acts of I qo I. = g 8 Mr. Clark died in i8qq. Mr. Endicott and Mr. Johnson g ^ completed the building. ^

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M and John C. Spofford, but after March, iSqi, Mr, | M Brigham had entire charge. |

P The corner-stone of this new building was laid | m at the northeast comer Dec. 21, i88q, by Governor | I Oliver Ames, assisted by John D. Long, chairman | J of the commission, and the Grand Lodge of Masons, | M Most Worshipful Henry Endicott, Grand Master, | H Right Worshipful Samuel Wells, Deputy Grand | I Master. Departments began to occupy the new | J offices in the fall of 1894. | m The Governor, with the advice and consent of | g the Council, was authorized on March 14, 1895, ^ to | M appoint a commission for the preservation J of the Bulfinch State House, who should History g thoroughly examine the condition of the I building, and report the result, with their recommen- | I dations, to the General Court. Charles A. Cummings, B g David H. Andrews and E. Noyes Whitcomb, being g I chosen, reported April 13, 1895. On June q, 1896,2 g M His Honor Roger Wolcott, acting Governor, George P. M m Lawrence, President of the Senate, and George v. L. B g Meyer, Speaker of the House of Representatives, H g were appointed a committee to arrange for plans for M M preserving the Bulfinch State House substantially in M g accordance with the report of the above commis- H B sion. The committee selected Arthur G. Everett m m as architect, with Robert D. Andrews as his associate B g and Charles A. Cummings consulting architect. m g 1 Chapter 31, Resolves of 1895. « Chapter 531, Acts of i8q6. |

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State House Construction Commission had I m The g charge of the work, and was appropriated I I $375,000 g to meet the expenses. I M g

act approved 1897, ^ His Excel- I H By an June 5, g i B lency Roger Wolcott, Governor, President George |

I m P. Lawrence and Speaker John L. Bates were ap- g pointed a committee to consider and decide upon I M g = plans for furnishing the Bulfinch part. Mr. Everett I g submitted drawings, specifications and de- g History signs, and the State House Construction g Commission were directed to furnish the M m building in accordance with the plans and under the g m superintendence of the architect. B g A survey of the property owned by the State, and B g adjacent property, was made under a resolve ap- g I proved Feb. 23, iSqqJ Eight years later, the com- g g mittee on State House made an exhaustive study g g of the problem of additional accommodations, and g M during the summer of iqo/, authorized by an act g g of June 21,' a special commission continued the g g investigation, making a report in iqo8 (Senate Docu- B g ment. No. 73). g g In IQ12 the State House Commission, — Thomas g I F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at-Arms, Albert P. Langtry, M g Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Elmer A. Stevens, g g Treasurer and Receiver General, — were directed by g

a resolve of 1 * ^ May 1 to investigate the advisability g g of constructing a building on the southerly side of g g > Chapter 470, Acts of 1897. ^ Chapter 545. Acts of 1907. g g » Chapter 5. Resolves of i8qq. * Chapter 102, Resolves of 1912. g

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Mt. Vernon Street immediately west of Hancock Avenue. At their request, William Chapman sub-

mitted drawings for an office building, together

with his plans for east and west wings, and plans were

also presented by other Boston architects. After a

careful study, the Commission reported that under

the then existing conditions they felt the problem could best be solved by purchasing the Robert Treat Paine estate on Mt. Vernon and Joy Streets, and Mt. Vernon Place, adjoining History m the property of the Commonwealth, and g erecting a building for the use of departments (House M M Document No. 2335). This report brought forward g M anew the question of enlarging the State House itself M B and a resolve, approved June 13, 1912,^ authorized g M the Commission to cause to be prepared plans for g m alterations in, or additions to, the building. They g g were directed to consult with, and to obtain the co- g g operation of, the State Art Commission, and to report g

M to the General Court of iqi 3 the plan or plans approved g g by the State House Commission, with their recom- | = mendations. William Chapman, R. Clipston Sturgis g M and Robert D. Andrews were retained as architects g g on July 31 and a working agreement was signed g g August 17, the general plan of procedure having been g g approved by the Governor and Council that day. M

g One of the important elements at first agreed g M upon was that whatever addition was built should M

g 1 Chapter 150, Resolves of iqi2. g

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M be in harmony with the Bulfinch front. The State 1 g House Commission recommended to the Legislature on 1 I Jan. I, iqi3, that the plan of lateral east and west g J wings terminating in pavilions on the north and south g g axis be adopted as the final solution for enlarging the g g State House and that the lateral portion on the west g

M and the complete wing on the east be first constructed. M

g The Art Commission endorsed this general scheme g g of development. The enlargement was made pos- g g siblc by the passage of an "Act to provide for the con- g g struction of additions to the State House," approved B g by His Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Governor, June g

1 8, 1913.^ This act established the State H History House Building Commission, and Albert P. g Langtry, Joseph B. Russell and Neil g

g McNeil were appointed Sept. 17, 1913. They se- m lected as architects Mr. Chapman, Mr. Sturgis and Mr. Andrews, m an agreement being signed Oct. 1 1

g 1913. The appropriation was $qoo,ooo. The first g sod was turned by Thomas F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at- M Arms, on May 26, 1Q14. The corner-stone was laid

B at the northeasterly corner of the east wing, at noon,

g Aug. 6, 1914, by his Excellency David I. Walsh, Gov- g ernor, and His Honor Edward P. Barry, Lieutenant g Governor, in the presence of the Executive Council,

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= officers and members of the General Court, the Build- B M ing Commission, Department officials and many other g B guests. =

M The forward projection of the west wing was au- m M thorized on May 13, iqi^,^ together with the pur- g g chase or taking in fee simple of the following prop- g g erties: — Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Hancock Avenue; Nos. g

M I, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Mt. Vernon Place; No. i6Mt. Ver- g g non Street and the easterly portion of the lot corner J g of Mt. Vernon and Joy Streets. These takings were 3 B made by the Governor and Council August 18, 1Q15. g B The appropriation was $600,000, and an act of May g

B q, iqi6, 2 increased it by $65,000. Another g act of May 24, 1916, ^ allowed $700,000 History m

B for taking the property Nos. 28, 2q, 30 and

Beacon Street, and Nos. and 6 Hancock I g 31 5 Avenue. g

These takings were October 11, iqi6. I I made The g

I g houses Nos. 2q and 30 Beacon Street were on the site S

of Governor John Hancock's mansion, and it is most B I g this I g appropriate that historic spot, adjoining the "Gov- g

I g ernor's pasture" on which the Bulfinch State House g

I g stands, should come into the possession of the M

I g Commonwealth. g

M The foundations of the wings are of granite ; the ex- I g terior walls of I g Vermont marble. The Bulfinch front is g

I M ^ Chapter 256, General Acts of iqi 5. M 2 Chapter I g 181, General Acts of iqi6. M I M ' Chapter 250, General Acts of iqi6; also $100,000 additional. ^ Chapter qz. Special Acts of iq 1 8. I ^ g

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= painted white, to harmonize with the wings in color. M Mr. Langtry and Mr. Russell resigned from the Build- g ing Commission Jan. 20, and 21, 1915, respectively, g and the vacancies were filled by the appointment of g John A. Keliher and J. Edward Fuller, who qualified Feb. 4, IQ15, and with Mr, McNeil, carried ^ History on the work until the passage of Chapter 17, General Acts of iqi6, approved March this act, g 2, 1Q16. Under the powers and duties per- I

B taining to that commission were transferred to and I

= vested in the State House Commission, Mr. Pedrick, I

M Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Langtry, Secretary of the I

M Commonwealth, and Charles L. Burrill, Treasurer | and Receiver General. g I

first appropriation for completing the J The grounds | was $35,000.00. Mr. Chapman's plan was selected g |

M and approved by the Governor. About one-half the | finished in at ^ g work was iqiq an expense of $31,129.33. | Upon the consolidation of departments, 2 the care of g | the property was transferred to the Superintendent g | Buildings, M of Fred H. Kimball, and the grounds | have completed his direction, g been under an addi- | ^ g tional appropriation of $30,000 having been allowed. | g The grounds have been regraded, the paths to the east | g and west wings from Beacon Street made uniform, | g the front wall and fence extended the entire width of | the lot, and the granite posts iron g and gates, which | formerly stood at B Hancock Avenue, now define the | * g entrance to the John Hancock mansion. | g 1 Chapter 153. Special Acts of iqiq. Item 126b. | = 2 Chapter 350, General Acts of iqiq. i g s Chapter 225, Ac;:s of iq20. Item 170. Total cost $65,000.00. i ^ * See page 8. | g 20 I iliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliililiilillililli^ I THE STATE HOUSE |

I The expense incurred for constructing and fur- g I nishing the State House extension was $4,078,437.85; M I for the preservation and furnishing of the Bulfinch g I front, $335,468.83. The total amount expended for H I the State House extension, restoration of the Bui- g I finch front, furnishings, land .occupied by I the extension and park, east side, estates History ^ I Nos. 8, 10, 12 and 14 Mt. Vernon Street, g west side, together with damages on account of g M limiting the height of buildings, to Jan. i, 1914, was g H $7,173,663.34. Since that date the east and west m J wings have cost $1,204,366.66, the grounds $65,000.00, | M and the recent property acquisitions on the west, M M $1,127,001.54, making the cost of additions and im- M g provements, from 1888 to Feb. i, IQ21, amount to g .g $9,570,031.54. I

M The original lot, or "Governor Hancock's pas- g g ture," contained 1.7 acres; the present holdings of = g the Commonwealth, including the takings of iqi6, g g cover 6.6 acres. g

m The purchase of the lots on Hancock Avenue g g recalls Chapter 20, Resolves of 1824, approved June g g II, 1824, which authorized negotiations for an ex- g g change of land with the proprietors of lands adjoining g g the State House yard, on the westerly side, and to g g arrange a plan with them that their buildings should g M be so erected as not to injure the beauty or value B g of the public lands; also for executing sufficient g M deeds to carry out the purposes of the resolve. It g

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was at this time that Hancock Avenue ^ was laid

out on the Commonwealth's lands for the accommodation of these proprietors, and under such

History restrictions as would preserve the beauty of

the public lands and secure the interest of the Commonwealth. ^

The dimensions of the State House follow : —

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Height of Bulfinch front from base course to pinnacle, . 155 Depth of Bulfinch front...... 65

Width of Bulfinch front...... 172

Base course of Bulfinch front above city base, . .106

Diameter of dome...... • • 53

Height of dome, ...... 35 Height of cupola...... 24

Diameter of cupola balcony, ...... 18 6 Length of extension, ...... 397

Width of extension in rear, . . . . .173

Height of extension in rear (sidewalk to apex). . .107 q

Widest part of extension...... 212 6

Dimensions of east and west wings: — Ft. In.

Laterally from Bulfinch front, . . . . . 8j 10

Length of forward projection from lateral unit, . .913

Width of forward projection...... 55 4 Full length 168

Width of north end, ...... 141 2 The height conforms with the Bulfinch front. Total floor area...... 454.784 square feet.

1 In 1827, called State House Avenue; named Hancock Avenue by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, June 21, 1828 (City Records 1828, p. 27)- ' Commonwealth-Cornelius Coolidge et al., June 18, 1825 (Suffolk Deeds. Lib. 107. fol. 273. Emily G. Perry et al. vs. The Commonwealth, 188 Mass., p. 457)-

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OBJECTS OF INTEREST

The Bulfinch State House — The Dome

The State House, as completed by Charles Bul-

finch, was a red brick building, with balconies on

the south and north fronts. Its columns,

pilasters, cornices and cupola were of The Bulfinch wood, painted white; its fascias, imposts, State keystones and lintels a white Greek or House Italian marble. The beautiful capitals are of the Corinthian order, and the consols bear the

design of the acanthus leaf.

The dome was at first made entirely of wood,

but to secure it from the danger of fire and the effects

of the weather, it was sheathed in 1802 with copper,

purchased from Paul Revere &z Son at an expense

of $4,231.00, and the platform, on which The the "lanthorn" stood, was covered Dome with thick sheet lead.i The dome

was originally painted lead color, with a golden

pine cone on the "lanthorn." In 1825, the bricks were painted white, the lead color of the dome

was retained and the cone on the cupola regilded.

In 1 83 1, the shingles were removed from the pedi-

1 State Archives, Chapter 145. Resolves of 1801, January session, March 11; Chapter 53, Resolves of 1803. June 22, with statement of disbursements by the Agents, June 18. 1803. |

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ment cornice and its roof covered with copper. The g |

old copper and shingles were also removed from the M I

dome, the boarding repaired, sheathed with new B i covered with copper and painted gray. boards, new g I

Mr. Charles Wells, superintendent of the repairs, M I reported to Governor Levi Lincoln, December 15, g |

1 dilapidated condi- 83 1, that he had apprehended a M | tion of the boarding of the dome would be found, | [ when stripped of its external covering, = The | which would require a substitution of new Dome g |

materials, but to his great surprise the H I boarding proved to be nearly sound. The stripping

of the external covering meant the removal of the

Revere copper. Its weight exceeded that of the new

by more than 1,600 pounds. It is interesting to note

that 6,28q pounds of copper at .23 per pound was bought of Charles Tracy, June 28, 1831, at a cost of

$1,446.47, and he allowed the State for 7,^71 pounds of old copper at .17^ or a total of $1,394.92. The

expense of the repairs was $1,324.50, in addition to

the proceeds of the old copper. 1

The exterior of the building was painted in whole

or in part from time to time, and although the vouchers

for 1855 do not intimate the color, it is probable that the building was painted yellow, with white trim- mings, at that period, for the dome had been painted

yellow some years when, on Jan. 3, 1861, Governor Nathaniel P. Banks, in his valedictory address, rec-

ommended that it be gilded. The dome was not

1 State Archives, Chapter 8. Resolves of 1831, June 15.

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covered with gold leaf until 1874, ^ and it was re- I gilded in 1888, i8q8, iqo6 and iqii.^ During the | preservation of the Bulfinch front, steel construe- | tion was substituted for the wood beams and braces 1 in the dome. The present cupola, a reproduction | of the original, was built in 1897, replacing the one |

that was erected in 1859. The dome is illuminated 1 at night by 498 electric lights. ^ It is accessible to | the public whenever the building is open, except 1 during sessions of the Senate. 1

Shaw — Hancock — Webster — Mann | A memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw ^ and the 1 Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, by Augustus I

St. Gaudens, which was dedicated May 31, i8q7, stands on the Common, facing the Shaw

State House. The Fifty-fourth was the first

colored regiment recruited in Massachusetts. Colonel

Shaw was killed in the assault upon Fort Wagner,

S. C, July 18, 1863. The memorial was paid for by voluntary subscriptions.

1 Chapter 76. Resolves of 1874. 2 Twenty-three carat gold is used. 8 It was first illuminated on Tuesday, Sept. 27. i8q8, at 7 p.m. * See Appendix.

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INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT OF THE SHAW MONUMENT

ROBERT GOULD SHAW

COLONEL OF THE FIFTY FOURTH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS

INFANTRY BORN IN BOSTON OCTOBER X MDCCCXXXVII

KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER

SOUTH CAROLINA JULY XVIII MDCCCLXIII

RIGHT IN THE VAN ON THE RED RAMPART'S SLIPPERY SWELL

WITH HEART THAT BEAT A CHARGE HE FELL

FOEWARD AS FITS A MAN

BUT THE HIGH SOUL BURNS ON TO LIGHT MEN'S FEET

WHERE DEATH FOR NOBLE ENDS MAKES DYING SWEET.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

The stone work is Knoxville pink marble, set

upon a base of Milford pink granite.

Tine quotation "Omnia reliquit servare rempub-

licam, " on the field of the bronze tablet, is the

motto of the Society of the Cincinnati.

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INSCRIPTION ON THE REAR OF THE SHAW MONUMENT

TO THE FIFTY FOURTH OF MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT INFANTRY THE WHITE OFFICERS TAKING LIFE AND HONOR IN THEIR HANDS CAST IN THEIR LOT WITH MEN OF A DESPISED RACE UNPROVED IN WAR AND RISKED DEATH AS INCITERS OF SERVILE INSURRECTION IF TAKEN PRISONERS BESIDES ENCOUNTERING ALL THE COMMON PERILS OF CAMP MARCH AND BATTLE.

THE BLACK RANK AND FILE VOLUNTEERED WHEN DISASTER CLOUDED THE UNION CAUSE SERVED WITHOUT PAY FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS TILL GIVEN THAT OF WHITE TROOPS FACED THREATENED ENSLAVE- MENT IF CAPTURED WERE BRAVE IN ACTION PATIENT UNDER HEAVY AND DANGEROUS LABORS AND CHEERFUL AMID HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS. TOGETHER THEY GAVE TO THE NATION AND THE WORLD UNDYING PROOF THAT AMERICANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT POSSESS THE PRIDE COURAGE AND DEVOTION OF THE PATRIOT SOLDIER. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND SUCH AMERICANS ENLISTED UNDER THE UNION FLAG IN MDCCCLXIII MDCCCLXV. CHARLES W. ELIOT.

I KNOW NOT MR. COMMANDER WHERE IN ALL HUMAN HISTORY TO ANY GIVEN THOUSAND MEN IN ARMS THERE HAS BEEN COMMITTED A WORK AT ONCE SO PROUD SO PRECIOUS SO FULL OF HOPE AND GLORY AS THE WORK COMMITTED TO YOU. JOHN A. ANDREW, GOVERNOR.

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I M At the western gate on Beacon Street there is M a tablet marking the site of the I m famous John g

Hancock house. ^ the terraced lawn are I I Upon g bronze statues of Daniel Webster, ^ by = Hancock Hiram Powers, and of Horace Mann, ^ Webster g Mann by Miss Emma Stebbins. M The statue of Webster was erected =

in 1859, by the Webster Memorial Fund. ' This M was the second statue executed by the sculptor; the g first was shipped from Leghorn in the autumn of g 1857 but was lost at sea. The pedestal of New g Hampshire granite was executed from drawings by | S. Greely Curtis, for which a sketch was furnished the m sculptor. On the day set apart for the unveiling, g Sept. 17, iS^g, Gen. John S. Tyler was Chief Marshal. g Military escort was performed by the Second Battalion g of Infantry, First Division, M.V.M., commanded by g Maj. Charles O. Rogers. The Legislature, escorted g by the Sergeant-at-Arms, formed in Doric Hall, and g under escort of the Battalion, marched to Music g Hall where the exercises were held owing to the un- g favorable weather. The civic procession followed g from City Hall. Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop offered g prayer, Professor Cornelius Conway Felton pre- g sented the statue on behalf of the Committee of g One Hundred; His Honor Frederic Walker Lincoln, g Jr., Mayor of Boston, received the statue for the city, g and His Excellency Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor, g

1 The Hancock house was erected in 1737; removed in 1863. g » See Appendix. ^ 3 Chapter 8q, Resolves of 1859. ^

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accepted it on behalf of the Commonwealth. The eulogy was delivered by Hon. Edward Everett, and

under an order of the Legislature of Sept. iq, 1859, he repeated the oration on the grounds of the State House, the exercises taking Webster Mann place on Sept. 27 before " an immense

multitude." Fountains The statue of Mann was dedicated

July 4, 1865; the funds were contributed by school

children and teachers of Massachusetts in i860; the

pedestal was furnished by the State.

Two bronze fountains were erected in 1849;^ the base of each was ornamented with the State coat-

of-arms, and the scallop or conkle shell which for hundreds of years has been the badge of pilgrims.

Major General Joseph Hooker A bronze equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. Joseph

Hooker ^ occupies the centre of the approach to the

east wing. It was purchased by the Commonwealth

in i8q6. ^ General Hooker, ever on the

alert, is portrayed, sitting on his charger, Hooker ready to start at a moment's notice, and g one fully realizes his intense devotion to the cause for I

M which he fought so nobly. The man is by Daniel I

M Chester French, the horse by Edward C. Potter. The I

M pedestal is of granite from Stony Creek, Connecticut. I

M wealth of Massachusetts, surrounded by a wreath M m of laurel, while directly above appears the name 1 M "Hooker." g

M In 1Q03 the Legislature authorized the governor | = and council to arrange for the dedication of the M J statue. It was unveiled at nine o'clock on the morn- = g ing of June 25, 1903, in the presence of a large num- S M ber of guests. |

g The statue was presented to the Commonwealth g I by His Honor Curtis Guild, Jr., Lieutenant Gov- g m ernor; it was unveiled by Master Joseph Hooker g M Wood, grand-nephew of General Hooker, and was g accepted by His Excellency John L. Bates, g Hooker Governor. Later in the day there was a g parade, including soldiers and sailors of g § the Army and Navy of the United States, together | g with the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, veterans 1 g of the Mexican, Civil and Spanish American wars, 1 M and many others. It was reviewed at the State i g House by John L. Bates, Governor and Commander- i g in-Chief, with his staff. 1

M The battleships Indiana and Texas, torpedo-boat 1 g destroyers Chauncey, Dale, Bainbridge, Barry and 1 g Decatur, with the Hartford, were anchored in the 1 g harbor in honor of the event. In the evening formal 1 g exercises were held in Mechanics Hall, Governor g M Bates presiding. 1 g 30 I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy^^ .

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I Devens — Banks g The bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Charles Devens, ^ I is by Olin L. Warner. ^ It was erected in i8q8. B The statue of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks ^ g was modelled by Henry H. Kitson. ^ The figure is m bronze covered with gold leaf; the chair, Devens M monolith and base are granite. At the dedi- Banks M cation, Sept. i6, iqo8, Rev. Paul Sterling

offered prayer; Paul Sterling, Jr., a grandson of General

Banks, unveiled the statue; it was presented by Councillor Seward W. Jones and accepted by His

Excellency Eben S. Draper, Governor. The oration was given by Hon. Herbert Parker in the House of Representatives

The Beacon The Beacon was erected under an order of the

General Court of the Colony, March 4, 1634-35,

— "It is ordered, that there shalbe forth with a

beacon sett on the centry hill at Boston, to give

notice to the country of any danger, &z The that there shalbe a ward of one pson kept Beacon there from the first of April to the last of M Septr., 6z that upon the discov'y of any danger, the g M beacon shalbe fired, an allarum given, as also messen- = M gers presently sent by that towne where the danger is g M discov'ed, to all other townes within their jurisdiccon." M g A space on the top of the hill, six rods square, was g

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g reserved by the town for the monument, with "pas- 1 I sage from the Common thereto." The Beacon was a 1 g tall pole or mast, and projecting from one side was = g an iron crane supporting an iron pot. The mast was 1 g placed on cross-timbers with a stone foundation, was M M supported by braces and provided with cross-sticks 1 serving the purpose of a ladder for ascend- 1 The Beacon ing to the crane. Governor Bernard said 1 the Beacon was rebuilt "without his con- 1

sent" in 1768. It remained until by General I g removed Gage in when a "small square fort" was built I g 1775, the hill. I I on Soon after the evacuation of Boston,

I g March 17, 1776, the town erected another pole, nearly in the centre of the British fort; this blown I g was down in a storm, Thursday, Nov. 26, lySq. I g

I M A monument, from the design of Charles Bul-

finch, erected in of the in- I g was 1790 by a number

1 g habitants to "commemorate that train of events

I g which led to the American Revolution and finally secured to the I g Liberty and Independence United States." This was a plain Doric column, about I g

I g 60 feet high, built of brick, covered with stucco,

stone. fol- I H with foundation and mouldings of The

lowing spring it "large eagle I g was surmounted by a

gilt, I g of wood, supporting the American arms." The

I m column was enclosed "by a fence of rails, in front

of for the of I g which were benches accommodation

I M those who ascend the hill." A wooden effigy of

the eagle is over the President's chair in the I g now

I M Senate chamber.

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M Aug. lo, 1811, the town of Boston sold to Sam- g m uel Spear and John Hancock the land on which the M g monument stood, being 6 rods square originally | H reserved in 1634-35. The hill was dug away and | M the column taken down and destroyed, but the four g = slate tablets in its base were preserved in the State g H House, and are now in the stone reproduc- The m tion which was erected by the Bunker Beacon M Hill Monument Association in i8g8. The new monument was formally presented to the Com-

monwealth June 17, iSqq. Its dimensions are exactly

the same as those of the original, and the eagle is an exact copy of the original drawings for the wooden eagle upon the Bulfinch monument. 1

The inscription upon the bronze tablet in the base was prepared by Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard College.

IN 1634 THE GENERAL COURT CAUSED A BEACON TO BE PLACED ON THE TOP OF THIS HILL IN 1790 A BRICK AND STONE MONUMENT DESIGNED BY CHARLES BULFINCH REPLACED THE BEACON BUT WAS REMOVED IN 1811 •WHEN THE HILL WAS CUT DOWN

IT IS NOW REPRODUCED IN STONE BY THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION

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TABLET UPON THE EAST SIDE

TO COMMEMORATE THAT TRAIN OF EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND FINALLY SECURED LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE TO THE UNITED STATES THIS COLUMN IS ERECTED BY THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION OF THE CITIZENS OP BOSTON M D C C X C.

TABLET UPON THE SOUTH SIDE

STAMP ACT PASSED 1765, REPEALED 1766. BOARD OP CUSTOMS ESTABLISHED 1767. BRITISH TROOPS FIRED ON THE INHABITANTS OP BOSTON MARCH 5. 1770. TEA ACT PASSED 1773.

TEA DESTROYED IN BOSTON DECEM : 16.

PORT OP BOSTON SHUT AND GUARDED JUNE 1. 1774. GENERAL CONGRESS AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT: 4. PROVINCIAL CONGRESS AT CONCORD OCT: 11. BATTLE OP LEXINGTON APRIL 19. 1775. BATTLE OP BUNKER HILL JUNE 17. WASHINGTON TOOK COMMAND OP THE ARMY JULY 2. BOSTON EVACUATED MARCH 17: 1776. INDEPENDANCE DECLARED BY CONGRESS JULY 4. 1776. HANCOCK PRESIDENT.

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TABLET UPON THE WEST SIDE AMERICANS WHILE FROM THIS EMINENCE SCENES OF LUXURIANT FERTILITY OP FLOURISHING COMMERCE & THE ABODES OP SOCIAL HAPPINESS MEET YOUR VIEW FORGET NOT THOSE WHO BY THEIR EXERTIONS HAVE SECURED TO YOU THESE BLESSINGS.

TABLET UPON THE NORTH SIDE CAPTURE OP HESSIANS AT TRENTON DEC: 26. 1776. CAPTURE OP HESSIANS AT BENNINGTON. AUG: 16. 1777. CAPTURE OP BRITISH ARMY AT SARATOGA OCT: 17. ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE FEB: 6. 1778. CONFEDERATION OF UNITED STATES FORMED JULY 9. CONSTITUTION OP MASSACHUSETTS FORMED 1780. BOV/DOIN PRESIDENT OF CONVENTION. CAPTURE OP BRITISH ARMY AT YORK OCT: 19. 1781. PRELIMENARIES OP PEACE NOV: 30. 1782. DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE SEPT: 10. 1783. FEDERAL CONSTITUTION FORMED SEPT: 17. 1787. AND RATIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES 1787. TO. 1790. NEW CONGRESS ASSEMBLED AT NEW YORK APRIL. 6. 1789. WASHINGTON INAUGURATED PRESIDENT APRIL 30. PUBLIC DEBTS FUNDED AUG: 4. 1790.

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— J Doric Hall — Washington — Hancock I Andrew — Lincoln — War Relics g Entering the Bulfinch front from Beacon Street, g the visitor first steps into Doric Hall, whose archi- g tecture, as its name indicates, is of the Doric order, g Its columns have twenty flu tings, and the style re- mains unchanged, thus preserving the Doric time-honored proportions as designed by Hall Charles Bulfinch. Here are marble statues of George Washington, i first Presi- Washing- ton dent of the United States, by Sir Francis Chantrey (1826), given to the Common- Andrew wealth Nov. 26, 1827, by the Washing- ton Monument Association, and of Governor John A. Andrew, 1 by Thomas Ball (1870), unveiled Feb. 14, 1871, the gift of private citizens as a memorial of the affectionate regard in which the people of the Commonwealth held her distinguished son.

Here also are two brass cannon, consecrating the names of Maj. John Buttrick and Capt. Isaac Davis, "whose valour and example excited their fellow citizens to a successful resistance Cannon of a superior number of British troops," at Concord bridge, April ig, 1775; two

Tablets brass cannon captured in the war of 1 8 1 (they were cast in 1780 by W. Kinman; '4** the figure and letters *'U. E. I. C," probably mean "4th Regiment, United East India Company"); a tablet in memory of Charles Bulfinch, architect; a tablet "to commemorate the preservation and renewal of the Massachusetts State House.

» See Appendix.

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I TABLETS I M IN MEMORY OP M m CHARLES BULFINCH OF BOSTON g m THE FIBST NEW ENGLAND ARCHITECT M m BORN 1763 DIED 1844 g M EDUCATED AT HARVARD COLLEGE ^ M AND BY FOREIGN TRAVEL J ^ CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OP SELECTMEN ^ g FROM 1797 TO 1818 m ^ A PERIOD OP GREAT IMPROVEMENTS ^ J FROM 1818 TO 1830 I M THE ARCHITECT OP THE CAPITOL ^ ^ AT WASHINGTON J ^ AMONG HIS IMPORTANT DESIGNS WERE M M THE FIRST THEATRE IN BOSTON 1793 g M THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE 1795 g g THE FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BOSTON 1803 g = FANEUIL HALL ENLARGED 1805 M M TTNIVERSITY HALL AT HARVARD COLLEGE 1814 = g THE MCLEAN ASYLUM AT SOMERVILLB = g 1792 AND 1817 AND THE M M MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 1818 g m A GRAVE MODEST JUST AND CHEERFUL MAN M g OP SIMPLE HABITS CLEAR INTELLIGENCE g M HIGH PRINCIPLES AND GENTLE JUDGMENTS M

M TO COMMEMORATE = m THE PRESERVATION AND RENEWAL g m OP THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE ^ g DESIGNED BY CHARLES BULFINCH g g BEGUN IN 1795 = M AND FINISHED IN 1798 g g IN 1896 g ^ AFTER THE COMPLETION OF LARGE ADDITIONS ^ g A THOROUGH RECONSTRUCTION OP THE INTERIOR g M OP THE ORIGINAL BUILDING g g WAS UNDERTAKEN g g TO PRESERVE FROM DECAY g g AND FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIRE g g A NOBLE PUBLIC WORK g g THE INTERIORS OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ^ g THE SENATE CHAMBER g g AND THE H.\X,L OP REPRESENTATIVES g g WERE KEPT UNCHANGED g g THE RECONSTRUCTION WAS FINISHED g g IN 1898 g liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy THE STATE HOUSE

A tablet to George Luther Stearns, ^ a merchant of Boston, commemorates the part he took in securing the enlistment of colored troops Stearns and the other valuable services he ren- Tablet dered to the United States and to this

= Commonwealth in the war of the rebellion.

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IN MEMORIAM GEORGE LUTHER STEARNS A MERCHANT OF BOSTON WHO ILLUSTRATED IN HIS LITE AND CHARACTER THE NOBILITY AND GENEROSITY OP CITIZENSHIP GIVING HIS LIFE AND FORTUNE FOR THE OVERTHROW OP SLAVERY AND THE PRESERVATION OP FREE INSTITUTIONS.

TO HIS UNRESTING DEVOTION AND UNFAILING HOPE MASSACHUSETTS OWES THE FIFTY FOURTH AND FIFTY FIFTH REGIMENTS OP COLORED INFANTRY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TEN THOUSAND TROOPS AT A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE GREAT WAR.

IN THE DARKEST HOURS OF THE REPUBLIC HIS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE NEVER WAVERED.

OF HIM WHITTIER WROTE "no duty COULD OVERTASK HIM NO NEED HIS WILL OUTRUN OR EVER OUR LIPS COULD ASK HIM HIS HANDS THE WORK HAD DONE."

"a man WHO ASKED NOT TO BE GREAT BUT AS HE SERVED AND SAVED THE STATE."

BORN IN MEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 8, 1809 DIED APRIL 9, 1867.

' I = Placed in position in 1903. Chapter 72. Resolves of iSq/. =

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1 Washington Tablets | 3 Two memorial tablets of the Washington family g p were presented to the Commonwealth on Feb. 22, 1861, ' g M by Hon. Charles Sumner. ^ They are of bluish gray ^ M sandstone, and are exact fac-similes of the originals M H which mark the resting places of Lawrence and Robert m g Washington, ^ the last English ancestors M of George Washington, our first Presi- Washing- ton g dent. The original stones are' in the Tablets I parish church of Brington, near Althorp, = in Northamptonshire, England. Right Honorable Earl g g Spencer, the proprietor of Althorp, sought out the g M quarry from which, more than two centures ago, those M M tablets were taken, and caused the fac-similes to be M M made, which he presented to Mr. Sumner. The g g largest tablet ' is in memory of Lawrence Washington. g g Above the inscription, carved in the stone, are the arms g M of the Washingtons, with the arms of the Butlers H g impaled. The other stone * is of Robert Washington M M and his wife Elizabeth. The inscription is on a B g small brass plate, set in the stone. On a separate g g brass beneath the inscription are the arms of the g M Washingtons without any addition but a crescent, the M J mark of cadency that denotes the second son. These M g have the combination of stars and stripes, sometimes S M supposed to have suggested our national flag. g M 1 House Document No. iqq, March, 1861; Chapter 77, Resolves M g of 1861. g = 2 Lawrence was father and Robert uncle of John Washington, ^ m the English emigrant to Virginia, who was great-grandfather of g ^ George Washington. ^ g ' Length 5 ft. o in; breadth 2 ft. 6 in. ^ ^ « Length 3 ft. 6 in; breadth 2 ft. 6 in. g

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I The tablets were placed upon the marble floor in g 5 Doric Hall, within the railing in front of the Washing- M ton statue, ^ and remained there until the g Washing reconstruction of the Bulfinch front. The ton g Tablets statue formerly stood in an alcove, or M "statue-building," a short distance north =

of its present position.

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HERE LIETH THE BODI OF LAVRENCB WASHINGTON SONNE & HEIRE OF ROBERT WASHINGTON OF SOVLGRAE IN THE COUNTIE OF NOKTHAMTON E8QUIER WHO MARRIED MARGARET THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BUTLER OP TEES IN THE COUNTIE OF SUSSEXE ESQUIER, WHO HAD ISSU BY HER 8 SONNS AND 9 DAUGHTERS WHICH LAVRENCE DECESSED THE 13 OF DECEMBER A. DNI 1616. THOU THAT BY CHANCE OR CHOYCE OP THIS H.VST SIGHT KNOW LIFE TO DEATH BESIGNES AS DAYE TO NIGHT; BUT AS THE SUNNS RETORNB REVIVES THE DAY SO CHRIST SHALL US

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HERE LIES INTERRED YE BODIES OP ELIZAB. I M WASHINGTON g WIDDOWE WHO CHANGED I M THIS LIFE FOR IMORTALLITIK ^ I M YE IQTH op MARCH 1622. A3 ALSO YE BODY OP ROBERT M WASHINGTON GENT. HER LATE HUSBAND I M SECOND M SONNE OF ROBERT OF YE I g WASHINGTON SOLGRAVE IN ^ I M COUNTY OF NORTH. ESQB. WHO DEPTED THIS LIFE YE g lOTH OP MARCH 1622. AFTER LIVED I g THEY LOVINGLY TOGETHER g IN rABKlSII. I M MANY YEAKE8 THIS M

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1 John Hancock 1

H A bronze memorial to John Hancock, ^ the first = 5 governor of Massachusetts under the constitution, g g was presented to the State by the Massa- H chusetts Society, Sons of the Revolution, Hancock H on Oct. iq, iqi5, the anniversary of the M surrender at Yorktown. ^ It consists of a bust, — re- M M produced by the consent of Congress ^ from the statue B g of Hancock in the Senate wing of the Capitol at g g Washington, — together with a tablet. The location g B chosen is the west wall of Doric Hall, opposite the g g Lincoln memorial. g

I TABLET I I JOHN HANCOCK | g 1737-1793 g M A PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION M M PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS 1774 M g PRESIDENT OF THE CONT^INENTAL CONGRESS 1775-77 g g FIRST SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE g M FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH ^ g UNDER THE CONSTITUTION 1780-1785 g g AND AGAIN GOVERNOR 1787-1793 g M PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION g g WHICH ADOPTED THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION g M PRESENTED TO THE COMMONWEALTH § g BY THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF g g THE REVOLUTION g g 1915 g g At the dedication. Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham g g offered prayer and the memorial was unveiled by g g I See Appendix. g ^ 2 Accepted by Chapter 7. Resolves of 1913. = ^ 3 House Concurrent Resolution No. 58, Aug. ao, iqiz. 62d s M Congress. 2d Session. g

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M Miss Elizabeth Lowell Hancock Cole, a lineal M g descendant of Ebenezer Hancock, brother of Gov- B g ernor Hancock. It was presented by Edmund H. g Talbot, President of the Society, and ac- H

m Hancock cepted by His Excellency David I . Walsh, g Governor, in behalf of the Common- H

wealth, as a memorial to "one who did so much for

liberty," and "who cast aside personal considerations

for the purpose of giving expression to the wishes of

the people by the establishment of a free government."

Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address

The bronze memorial on the east wall of Doric

Hall presents a bust of Abraham Lincoln, ^ Presi-

dent of the United States, and a tablet containing

the oration which he delivered at the dedication of

the National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,

November iq, 1863. The bust is a replica i = Lincoln of one modelled from life in i860 by

Leonard W. Volk. The memorial is a gift B of the Department of Massachusetts, Woman's Relief B Corps. 2 It was unveiled March 28, iqii, by B Mrs. Fannie E. Wheeler, chairman of the patriotic H aides, who raised the money, presented by Mrs. M Nellie F. Libby, Department President, and accepted H by His Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Governor.

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TABLET I FOUKSCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO M OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A g NEW NATION M CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY g AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE ^ CREATED EQUAL. g NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CIVIL WAR ^ TESTING WHETHER THAT NATION OR ANY ^ NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO DEDICATED CAN LONG ENDURE. g WE ARE MET ON A GREAT BATTLE FIELD OF THAT WAR. M WE HAVE COME TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD M AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE GAVE = THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT LIVE. g IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD M DO THIS. BUT IN A LARGER SENSE g WE CANNOT DEDICATE — WE CANNOT CONSECRATE — WE = CANNOT HALLOW THIS GROUND. g THE BRAVE MEN LIVING AND DEAD WHO STRUGGLED HERE g HAVE CONSECRATED IT FAR ABOVE OUR POOR POWER M TO ADD OR DETRACT. ^ THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT g WE SAY HERE g BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE. g IT IS FOR US THE LIVING RATHER TO BE DEDICATED HERE g TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT g HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED. g IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE g GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US g THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED g DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE = THE LAST FULL MEASURE OP DEVOTION g THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL g NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN g THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH g OF FREEDOM AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE g BT THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT g PERISH FROM THE EARTH. g

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I Spanish American War Flags 1 = The ceiling of the passageway in the rear of Doric H ( Hall contains a skylight with "Liberty" in the centre, H M surrounded by the names of the republics of Hellas, H g Helvetia, Florence, Venice, Genoa, Iceland, Holland, m M Andorra, San Marino and Rome, At one side is the M B seal of " Mattachusets Bay in Nova Anglia;" at J I the other that of "Plimouth Nov Anglia." | H A large bronze case contained the flags of the M I volunteer regiments and Naval Brigade of Massa- | M chusetts in the Spanish American war, returned to M the custody of the Commonwealth J Spanish through His Excellency Roger Wolcott, American | War Flags Governor, Saturday, Oct. 14, i8qg. g They were placed in position July 31, g

i iQoi, remaining there until transferred to Memorial |

Hall, 25, 1921,^ and cannot be removed from the [ Jan. | without permission of the General Court. ^ I State House |

flags 3 are twenty-one in number, as follows: First I The |

I Regiment Heavy Artillery, one United States and one i

flag; Second, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Regiments I State |

f Infantry, one United States and one State flag each; 1 Infantry, three United States I Eighth Regiment and | flags, one United States Regimental I two State and i

f color; Naval Brigade, one flag each from the U. S. S. i "Prairie," "Catskill," "Lehigh," "Inca" and "Gov- I | Russell." 1 j emor

I 1 Chapter 513. Acts of I q20. g 2 22. Resolves i8qq. I Chapter of ^ i 8 State flags, white; U. S. Regimental, blue. All flags are = silk except the Naval, which are bunting. I ^

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1 Senate Staircase Hall 1 M Directly to the north is the Senate Staircase Hall of g M Pavonazzo marble. As one looks through the alcoves M m toward Memorial Hall the effect is very beautiful. The B B stairs at the right lead to the Senate g and those opposite to the executive de- Senate Staircase m partment. The balcony, formed by the Hall 5 third floor corridors, is surmounted by

twelve Ionic columns, which are said to be among the M | finest in the world. The windows in the south wall g f

are emblematic of manufactures, commerce, educa- M I

^ tion, fisheries and agriculture. Carved in the marble M |

stairs is at the head of the the seal of the Colony m I

of Massachusetts, 1628-84, also the present official M |

coat-of-arms. B |

The paintings upon the north wall, entitled B | "James Otis making his famous argu- ment against the Writs of Assistance ^ in Historical Paintings the old Town House in Boston, in Reid February, 1761," "The Boston Tea g Party" and "Paul Revere's Ride," are by Robert Reid.

I Writs of Assistance g Otis is represented at the moment when he was say- " g ing: I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers g and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of g slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as g 1 Chapter 52, Resolves of iqoo. ^ 2 The Writs of Assistance were general search-warrants, which ^ allowed the king's officers to enter warehouses or dwellings to M search for and seize foreign merchandise, on which a duty had ^ not been paid. These writs were first petitioned for in Massa- M. chusetts. Their legality was questioned and the matter was M brought before a court held in the old Town House, as described.

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I THE STATE HOU SE | g this Writ of Assistance is." The Toom is flooded with | S the flickering light from the great open fire, while | B through the windows, against which the snow has | B drifted, comes the cold blue light of the late afternoon | g of that winter's day. |

B John Adams, in a letter to William Tudor, written | g fifty-six years after the event, gives his recollection of |

* the scene in part as follows : ' The scene | Historical is the Council Chamber in the old Town | Paintings date is in the Reid House in Boston. The |

month of February, 1761. That council | M chamber was as respectable an apartment as the House g 1 of Commons or the House of Lords in Great Britain, in J 1 proportion, or that in the State House in Philadelphia, g 1 in which the Declaration of Independence was signed, g = I in 1776. In this chamber, round a great fire, were I seated five judges, with Lieutenant Governor Hutchin- M B son at their head, as Chief Justice, all arrayed in their M B new, fresh, rich robes of scarlet English broadcloth; in g g their large cambric bands and immense judicial wigs. g B In a corner of the room must be placed as a spectator g B and an auditor, wit, sense, imagination, genius, pathos, g M reason, prudence, eloquence, learning and immense g B reading, hanging by the shoulders on two crutches, g M covered with a great cloth coat, in the person of Mr. g g Pratt, who had been solicited on both sides, but would B B engage on neither, being, as Chief Justice of New York, g B about to leave Boston forever." M g In the same letter, Mr. Adams, characterizing the g B arguments of counsel, says: "But Otis was a flame of g

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M fire! With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth 1 g of research, a rapid summary of historical events and i B dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic | B^ glance of his eye into futurity, and a torrent of im- | g petuous eloquence, he hurried away everything before | I him. American independence was then and there born; | = the seeds of patriots and heroes were then and there | M sown, to defend the vigorous youth, the m non sine Diis animosus infans. Every Historical Paintings M man of a crowded audience appeared to Reid g me to go away, as I did, ready to take 1 arms against writs of assistance. Then aaid there was | i the first scene of the first act of opposition to the ar- = 1 bitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the | 1 child Independence was born. In fifteen years, namely, M i in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself M 1 free." B I The Boston Tea Party 1 i A colonial tax of three pence on a pound of tea had M 1 been levied by Parliament, which the colonists refused g i to pay. Several vessels were anchored in Boston har- | 1 bor waiting for their cargoes to be unloaded. Meeting J 1 after meeting had been held by the colonists to discuss B = the condition of affairs, until finally, in the early even- § 1 ing of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams, addressing g = an assembly in the Old South Church, said, — "We M 1 can do no more to save the country," and almost in- | 1 stantly a shout was heard, a war-whoop sounded and B i forty or fifty men, disguised as Indians, hurried to g I Griffin's wharf, boarded the ships and emptied the tea M 1 4q g iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii —

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I THE STATE HOUSE | g into Boston harbor. Mr. Reid's painting represents S g these " Indians" on a ship in the stream, throwing the M g tea overboard. In the background are warehouses on g g the Boston shore. H g Paul Revere's Ride 1 g In 1774 General Gage relieved Thomas Hutchinson g g as governor of the Province and troops were sent here M g to enforce certain laws which had been enacted by Par- M liament, but the people moved steadily g Historical on their course and made preparation for H Paintings Reid the struggle which they knew must come. | A large quantity of stores had been de- B m posited at Concord, and in April, 1775, it was rumored g g that General Gage was determined to destroy them. g g On the 1 8th the British troops embarked from Boston. M g The following quotation is from Longfellow's poem: — H g * # * • If the British march g g By land or sea from the town to-night. g g Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch g M Of the North Church tower as a signal light. = M One. if by land, and two, if by sea; g g And I on the opposite shore will be. g J Ready to ride and spread the alarm g = Through every Middlesex village and farm. g I For the country-folk to be up and to arm." g 1 Paul Revere rowed to the Charlestown shore, and g M « # « •• watched with eager search g M The belfry tower of the Old North Church * g J ********** g M And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height g J A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! g I He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns. g I But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight g I A second lamp in the belfry burns!" g

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Then he started on his famous midnight ride to Lex- m ington and Concord. The artist represents him dashing g through a village street, rousing "the country-folk to g be up and to arm." g

While Mr. Reid's first painting is notable for its M fire-light effect, the group on the deck of the ship, in g "The Boston Tea Party," is illuminated by the light g from a lantern in the hold, and again in "Paul Revere's g Ride" one can see the face of Revere, as well as the g figures of the yeoman and his wife, lighted by the rays from an invisible fireplace. Historical Paintings This series of paintings is completed Reid

by two small panels, the one at the left of Hancock, while on the g showing a medallion John M \ g other is a portrait of Samuel Adams. Forming the M | flags used the B background are four which were by g |

g Massachusetts colonists before the stars and stripes g I

adopted. In the left panel is the "Bunker Hill" g were g | flag (blue, union white, with the cross of St. George g | | flag (rattle- g and pine tree), and a "Rattle-snake" g | tread g snake in comer, motto "Don't on me,"— drawn g | in g from a flag now in existence Philadelphia and used g | at the Battle of Bunker Hill); in the right panel a g J | flag pine tree in the corner and motto g white with "An g f to also red flag, blue union, with M appeal God," a M f St. latter g crosses of St. Andrew and George. The g | the flag familiarly to the colonists as g represents known g |

NOTE. The painting of James Otis arguing against the Writs of g g | » Assistance was opened for public inspection January i, 1902; The g g | Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's Ride on December 5, 1904. g g |

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the "Union" flag (Union Ensign established in 1707). I g | | A three-cornered hat, battle axe, palm leaves, etc., are I M | | also visible. I g g I

Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson I J I |

I M The bronze memorial to Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely B I Stevenson 1 Pratt, in the Stair- I m by Bela L. Senate g f case Hall, gift = I M was the of the Stevenson Memorial f Association and other friends. It presents I g a figure of g | the General in high relief, the orderly I g and horse in very g |

low relief, and might be entitled g I

= Stevenson "The Commander on the picket line." g |

General Stevenson has dismounted, ad- B i foot g vanced on and stands holding his field glasses, B I It H was unveiled Dec. 7, 1905, by Thomas G. Steven- g I son, the General's nephew, presented Francis B by Gen. g I

g A. Osbom and accepted by Hon. William M. Olin, g |

2 M Secretary of the Commonwealth, after which General M |

g Osborn delivered an address. Rev. Edward A. Horton g i was chaplain of the day. B g |

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^ BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS GREELY STEVENSON M I M BORN AT BOSTON FEBRUARY THIRD 1836 M I M FIRST COLONEL OP THE 24tH REGIMENT M = § MAS.SACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 1861 = | KILLED IN ACTION COMMANDING IST DIVISION B THE g I M 9th army corps ^ | M AT SPOTTSYLVANIA VIRGINIA MAY TENTH 1864 ^ I the Guards, g The survivors of New England the g | Battalion of Infantry, the 24th g Fourth and 44th Regi- g f of Volunteers, formed the Steven- g ments Massachusetts g f son Memorial Association. M g |

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1 I Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (

I m The bronze bas-relief of Rear Admiral John Ancrum =

^ I g Winslow was modelled by William Couper. It was g unveiled May 8, iqoq, by Miss Catherine Ricketson, I g g presented Councillor accepted I g by Seward W. Jones and g by His Excellency Eben S. Draper, Governor. ^ Prayer I g g

I M was offered by Rev. Arthur W. Stone,

I g U. S. N. The oration was given by Winslow

I g Hon. John W. Weeks, M. C, in the g House of Representatives, and among the guests was m g the Admiral's son, Captain Herbert Winslow, U, S. N. M

M The crowning success of Admiral Winslow's career g g was his command of the U, S. S, "Kearsarge" and his g g victory over the Confederate cruiser "Alabama" off g g Cherbourg, France, June iq, 1864. He received a vote g g of thanks from Congress, being one of nineteen officers, M g in our naval service, during the history of the govern- g g ment, who have had that distinction. In accepting the g g memorial, Governor Draper used this delightful phrase, g g — "It will serve always as an inspiration to the youth g g of Massachusetts and the country. When they see this g g splendid figure, they will be inspired with a desire to g g be what he was, — a Christian gentleman, a brave offi- g

. ' g cer and a devoted patriot ' Congressman Weeks closed g g his oration by saying, — "While Massachusetts is tak- g M ing this action to commemorate in bronze Winslow's g g great victory, it does so because he was a resident of g g this State and brought signal honor to it. He, how- (

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ever, performed this service as a sailor of the United

States and the action which we are taking to-day is of

National as well as State importance. It will furnish

an example for all time to Massachusetts' sons, who are employed in a nautical profession, to go forth and

do likewise* if the opportunity offers. His name will

last as long as the government continues, for it is not

likely that there will ever be a single ship

Winslow contest which will bring greater renown to the victorious commander than has

deservedly come to him. . . . Admiral Winslow had

one great opportunity. Forty-five years later, Massa-

chusetts, in erecting this memorial, records its de- liberate judgment that he was equal to the occasion.

It made him the Commonwealth's most renowned

sailor and rendered his name famous for all time."

(Inscription)

REAR ADMIRAL JOHN ANCRUM WINSLOW BORN NOV. 19, 1811 — DIED SEPT. 29, 1873 EVER VICTORIOUS FOR THE NATION, HE ADDED IN BATTLE FOR THE UNION AS COMMANDER OF THE KEARSARGE PECULIAR LUSTRE TO THE ANCIENT SERVICE OF MASSACHUSETTS ON THE SEA

S Memorial to the Army Nurses of the m m Civil War | H The bronze memorial to the Army Nurses of the | g Civil War, Bela L. Pratt, sculptor, was given by the M H Army Nurses Memorial Association of the Massachu- H J setts Department, Daughters of Veterans, on Feb. 12, g .

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M IQI4- The beautiful statuary group represents a nurse g ministering to a wounded soldier. It is an eloquent g tribute to the self-sacrifice, nobility and patriotism of

' m the women whose work throughout the war was ' typi- S fied in love and expressed in sacrifice." g The surviving Massachusetts army nurses were B guests of honor, and delegations were present from g the Grand Army of the Republic, g Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the Army Nurses' g G. A. R., Sons of Veterans and Memorial g Daughters of Veterans, together with g members of the Legislature and other public officials. g g The exercises were carried out under the direction g g of Thomas F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at-Arms. After an g g overture by the orchestra, and the invocation by g g Ellen M. Goodman, Department Chaplain, the me- g g morial was transferred to the Massachusetts Depart- g g ment, Daughters of Veterans, by Etta Tayne Hazen, g g President of the Army Nurses' Memorial Association. g g It was presented to the Commonwealth by Agnes I. g M McCoy, Department President, and was unveiled by g g Dorothy Standish Lewis, granddaughter of an army g M nurse, Mrs. Ellen S. Tolman. A bugle proclamation g g by J. Payson Bradley, Past Department Commander, g g preceded the introduction of His Excellency David I. = g Walsh, Governor, who accepted the gift "in the g g name of all the people of Massachusetts." ^ g g Addresses on behalf of the Grand Army of the Re- S = public were made by Thomas J. Ames, Department g

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Commander, and John E. Gilman, Past Commander I I in Chief. Rev. Edward A. Horton, Army Chaplain of the Senate, offered the Nurses* Memorial dedication prayer, and Hon, Curtis Guild, Jr., ex-Governor, delivered the oration. The program closed with the singing of "America" by the entire audience.

(Inscription) TO THE ARMY NURSES FROM 1861 TO 1865 ANGELS OP MERCY AND LIFE AMID SCENES OF CONFLICT AND DEATH A TRIBUTE OF HONOR AND GRATITUDE FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS 1914

War Records — Schouler

The Adjutant General is custodian of the militia records of Massachusetts during the last three years of the Revolution; the records of the militia who re- sponded to the call of the Governor to repel a threatened invasion during the War of 1812; the partial records

of the I St Regiment, that served in the m War Mexican war; records of Massachusetts in m Records the Civil, Spanish American and World M Schouler wars; orders of the Governor and Coun- cil on military matters, 1780 to 1840; H general orders from 1795 to the present; special orders g B from 1846 to date; commissions in the militia from g m 1780 to date; the roll of enlisted men since 1807 (in- g g eluding Maine up to 1820); and a portrait of William m B Schouler, ^ Adjutant General, 1860-66, by Thomas C. g M Comer, presented by James Schouler Aug. 5, i8qq. g g 1 See Appendix. g

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Memorial Hall

Nearly in the centre of the building is Memorial

Hall. Sixteen pillars of Siena marble support the cir-

cular gallery. The dome is surrounded by Memorial a heavy bronze cornice environed by the Hall eagles of the Republic, and above them,

in cathedral glass, is the coat-of-arms of the Common- wealth, encircled, within laurel wreaths, by those of the other twelve original states. To distinguish them, begin with the one directly north of the Massachusetts

coat-of-arms, and read to the right: — Rhode Island,

New Jersey, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, New York, New Hamp-

shire, Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania.

Within four niches are the battle flags carried by Massachusetts volunteers during the war of the rebel-

lion. By General Order No. 94 of the War Depart-

ment, issued May 15, 1865, the volun- Civil War teer regiments and batteries, when Flags mustered out and discharged, deposited

1 their colors with Brevet Col. Francis N. Clarke, |

B U. S. A., chief mustering officer. Forefathers' Day, |

H Dec. 22, 1865, the two hundred and forty-fifth anniver- |

1 sary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, was | i selected for the return of the colors to the State, and | 1 Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch was chosen commanding | 1 general. His headquarters were established on Boston | i Common, and before the procession started, these colors |

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i M were turned over to him by Colonel Clarke. The flags M |

I M of those regiments and companies, which had filled M I

their allotted term of service prior to m I Civil War May 1 5, were taken from the State House Flags g I

and delivered to the several commands = I ^ for use during the exercises. g g As the regiments and batteries arrived at the State g I House, the color bearers left the ranks and arranged g g themselves upon the steps, while the remainder filed g M to the grounds at either side. Governor Andrew, at- M g tended by his staff and invited guests, came down the g g steps to the place designated for the closing ceremonies. M = Prayer was offered by Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop, D.D., g g then General Couch delivered the colors to the gov- g g ernor, who accepted them in behalf of the people and B M the government, after which they were placed in Doric g I Hall. I g Extract from Gov. Andrew's speech on receiving the M = — battle flags : g g These banners are returned to the government of the Com- g g monwealth through welcome hands. Borne one by one out of g g this Capitol during more than four years of civil war. as the g g symbols of the Nation and the Commonwealth under which the = g battalions of Massachusetts departed to the fields, they come g g back again, borne hither by surviving representatives of the same g g heroic regiments and companies to which they were intrusted. ... g

g . Proud memories of many fields; sweet memories alike of valor g ^ and friendship; sad memories of fraternal strife; tender memories M g of our fallen brothers and sons, whose dying eyes looked last g = upon their flaming folds; grand memories of heroic virtues sublime g M by grief; exultant memories of the great and final victories of g g our country, our Union and the righteous cause; thankful memo- g g ries of a deliverance wrought out for human nature itself, g g unexampled by any former achievement of arms; immortal g g memories with immortal honors blended,— twine around these g g splintered staves, weave themselves along the warp and woof of g g these familiar flags, war-worn, begrimed, and baptized with blood. g I 58 I

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H On Dec. 22, 1894, six flags were returned to the g State, with public ceremonies. Five of these were M recaptured flags forwarded by the War Civil War Department, at the governor's request, S Flags g in accordance with Public Resolution g No. 44, approved Aug. 27, 1894. g g A few other flags have been received from various M g sources, until now there are 304 in Memorial Hall, g

M divided as follows : — |

M Infantry flags and shattered staves (4), . . .217 M M Heavy Artillery...... ly ^ g Cavalry...... iq = g Light Artillery 44 g g Fourth Brigade Cavalry- i g g McLaughlin's Brigade i g M Unknown, ...... 4 g M Flag presented to Massachusetts by State of Mary- g ^ land, ...... I = g 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps i g g Fragment of Fort Sumter flag, .... i_ g g 304 M g The colors were at first draped around the pillars g g in Doric Hall, but on April 12, 1866, were ordered g g placed in the niches on the north side of the hall g g and in the sides of the recess occupied by the Wash- g g ington statue. In 1895 they were stored in a fire- g M proof room, where they remained until placed in g g Memorial Hall, April 2, iqoo. g g Mr. Charles O. Eaton, of Boston, made all the g S colors that were issued by the State to Massachu- g M setts troops in the war of the rebellion, as well as g g the Spanish American war, and had the care of them M

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g The following list gives the number of colors in H g Memorial Hall, Mar. i, igii, prepared chiefly from J g a record compiled by the late Captain John G. B. H M Adams, Sergeant-at-Arms. Flags known to have g been returned since Dec. 22, 1865, are M Civil War mentioned in footnotes. All are silk Flags g unless otherwise specified. The flags g are permanently arranged, and under a resolve of

April 12, 1866, cannot be removed from the State House, without p>ermission of the Legislature. ^

If a story of the battle flags of the civil war could

be written, it would be of great historic value, because so many memories are entwined around them, but no attempt has been made to do so in this guide book,

as space would not permit, and yet, if publishing

this list will aid in promoting the return of any other

flags of Massachusetts regiments which may be in

the possession of individuals or associations, it will be sincerely gratifying.

1 Journal of the House of Representatives. Jan. 18. 1866; Chapter 38. Resolves of 1866.

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Civil War Flags

United Infantry. State. Miscellaneous. States.

42d Regiment, 1 white. 1 blue marker, i

43d 1

44th 1

45th 1

46th 1

47th 1

48th 1

49th 1

50th 1

51st 1

52d 1

53d 1

54th 2

55th 1

56th 1

57th 1

58th 2

59th 2

60th 1

61st 1

m 1 The marker flag was presented to Governor Eben S. Draper, ^ M Feb. 28, 1910, by George M. Fiske, for the 42nd Regiment Association; g ^ received by the Sergeant-at-Arms, April 15, 1910. It was captured ^ M at the battle of Galveston, Jan. 1, 1863. Gen. T. B. Howard sent g ^ it to Mr. Fiske on Oct. 6, 1901, through Dick Dowling Camp of Con- ^ ^ federate Veterans, Galveston, for transmittal to the Association. ^ M ^ The U. S. flag was presented by ladies of Worcester County, ^ m Nov. 24, 1862. m ^ 3 One State flag, captured at Fort Wagner, S. C, was returned to ^ M Governor William Gaston, March 31, 1875, by Gen. R. S. Ripley. g ^ * A recaptured U. S. flag was returned to Governor William L. ^ ^ Douglas by the Secretary of War, — joint resolution of Congress, ^ M approved Feb. 28, 1905, — and received by the Sergeant-at-Arms g m April 28, 1905. On a cloth tag attached are the words "Lt. Wilson, ^ m Co. C, 61st. Va. Rog't." m ^ 6 One U. S. and one State flag were returned by the U. S. Gov- ^ m ernment (see page 59); placed with the other flags Dec. 22, 1894. ^

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Fourth Brigade, Cavalry Division. Department of the Gulf, composed of the 2d Illinois Cavalry, 3d Massachusetts Cavalry, 6th Massachusetts Cavalry (31st Massachusetts Infantry mounted), ad New Hampshire Cavalry (8th New Hampshire Infantry

mounted). Col. N. A. M. Dudley commanding, i light-blue flag with cross sabres embroidered, prepared by ladies of Massa- chusetts residing in New Orleans, La., and presented Feb. 6, 1864. After the Red River campaign, the brigade having been disbanded. Colonel Dudley placed the flag in the custody of Massachusetts, the home State of the donors and of a majority of the men.

McLaughlin's Brigade, i dark-blue bunting flag.

One U. S. flag, presented to Massachusetts by the State of Maryland, at Lowell, June 17, 1865. after the dedication of the Ladd and Whitney monument. It was made by a number of Maryland ladies, has thirty-five stars embroidered in the Union, and bears the date "April iq, 1865."

A fragment of a flag of the 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, was presented to the Sergeant-at-Arms in November. 1894, by Charles P. Schoff, son of Lieut. Edward N. Schoff. of the iqth Massachusetts Infantry. The fragment is of blue bunting and a portion of one clover leaf is attached.

There is also in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms a small piece of the National flag which was torn in fragments and distributed among the guard at the evacuation of Fort Sumter, and an autograph of Abraham Lincoln, to a friend of his family. These were presented by Mrs. D. P. Corey, of Maiden. Mass., and accepted by the Governor and Council April 26, iqi6.

Unknown Colors

No. I. A U.S. guidon.

No. 2. A fragment of a U. S. guidon, with letters "Co. B"

and two embroidered stars. Nos. i and 2 are attached to one staff.

No. 3. A U.S. flag, badly torn; Union nearly all gone; no lettering and the flag is not on original staff.

No. 4- A state color, but there is not enough left to desig- nate to which regiment it belongs.

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1 World War Flags

g Another memorable date in the history of Massa-

g chusetts was June 14, 191Q, when the colors of certain H organizations, which had served in the World War,

M were officially presented to the Commonwealth. It was a most impressive ceremony. At World War the appointed time, half past ten in the Flags morning, the color detachments, with I the colors, formed in line in front of the State House, | M on the south side of Beacon Street. United States M

M Army and Navy officers formed on the pavement near M

M the curb on the north side of the street. M

I His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor, with | M the Adjutant General and staff, marched down the g M front steps to the main gate, escorted by the Sergeant- H M at-Arms. The band played "The Star Spangled | m Banner" and the colors were saluted. The Governor g M and staff reviewed the line, after which the column M M formed and marched into the State House. The band, g = which had been stationed on the steps, preceded the g H column, marched through Memorial Hall, counter- = H marched, and played until the colors and officers were g

M in position. The Governor, with Mrs. Coolidge and ^ M M party, stood at the east side of Memorial Hall. The g g color detachments formed a semicircle with the color g

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M guards in the rear and the officers in front of their H 8 respective detachments. The band played "To the H g Colors", each detachment advanced, and the colors H m were presented to the Governor, who passed them to | I the Sergeant-at-Arms. When the last one was pre- M I sented, the detachments, preceded by the band, play- H B ing, marched through to Beacon Street, World War M where they were dismissed, and the Flags M Governor returned to the Executive

I Chamber. A detail of thirty-six men from the | j Sergeant-at-Arms' department, marched to his office H

I where the flags were temporarily deposited. This H

I detail included in its number eight veterans of the m

I Civil War, four of the Spanish American War and M

I twelve of the World War. In accepting the flags, B

I Governor Coolidge said : — M

1 "Officers and Men of the United States Army: — g 1 In this room, through which we are accustomed to pass with M i uncovered heads, you present to-day these flags which you have M j carried with so much credit to yourselves and your country, and M I always to victory. These flags represent not only those who have = I borne and honored them, but those who may see them and be = i inspired by them in the years to come, not only those who gaze M i upon them now, but those who may gaze upon them with apprecia- M 1 tion, as we do to-day. We are here to welcome the return of these M I flags as a memorial of a momentous period in our history. These M i flags are to remain not only as a memento of the history which M is to-day, but as I made an earnest of the history which is to come. M hear I To-day you the voice of the Commonwealth in appreciation M 1 of the splendid service which you have rendered. M I It is a privilege to me to be here on this day, and to extend M i the recognition of the Commonwealth for your patriotic achieve- =

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by which have only, also I ^ ments you honored your State not but g | your whole country. To-day it is a happy circumstance that you I M g | can represent America and the American spirit. It is worthy of I ^ — ^1 I M the best in our past history. I recall the lines of the poet, = |

= is the true American spirit which you represent to-day and which M It g | have illustrated and honored in the war. I = you g | the of Massa- I g I accept these colors in behalf of Commonwealth g | I from who have come back to us from I = chusetts. accept them you g | honored. They will remind I g the war where they were borne and M i all in the future of the devotion of the sons of the Commonwealth i M g | will to all an inspiration to great achievements in I M and they be g | the future." I M g |

III, Department, dated I 1 Bulletin No. 6, section War g |

Washington, Feb. 17, iqiq, provides that upon the I B g | originally I = disbanding of organizations which were g | or National Army or- M National Guard | World War standards ganizations, their colors or g | Flags will delivered into the and guidons be g [ of the States from which the majority of I 1 custody g originally came at the time the organizations m I I the men States, however, retaining I g ^ere formed, the United M Bulletin No. section II, dated April I I title to them. 15, g IB 28, iqiq, referring to units that were not identified g particular State, provides that a report, based I 1 with any g organization records, of the number of men § I g on the each State at the time the organization I 1 furnished by g formed, shall be used as a basis for the disposition I I was g and guidons, and when there I m of the colors or standards g

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i is no doubt as to which State should in equity be desig- M 1 nated as their custodian, the Adjutant General shall H i be notified, and the colors turned over to that State as J I custodian, and that the United States will retain title B i thereto. Massachusetts has received seventy- eight M 1 colors and guidons, as follows: — M = Infantry...... 1 Field Artillery...... M Coast Artillery, ..... = Cavalry, ...... = Field Signal Battalion (includes i National

Senate.) . Machine Gun Battalion, Engineers, .... Trains: — Sanitary (Field Hospital). Field Sanitary,

Ammunition, . Naval Brigade,

All are silk unless otherwise specified. Army Regula-

tions No. 244, of 1913, permit silver bands, — bearing the names and dates of the principal World War battles in which a regiment has partici- Flags pated, — on the staff of a regimental

color. A list of the flags follows, with decorations, silver bands and other data. Notations are made of

the colors received since June 14, iqiq. Under chapter

211, Special Acts of i q 1 9, these flags were placed in

the Senate Staircase Hall, in a circular bronze case, simi-

lar in design to the Spanish American flag case, but

under chapter 513, Acts of 1920, both groups were

placed in Memorial Hall, Jan. 25, 1921, the four niches adjacent to the Civil War niches having been

prepared for them by the Superintendent of Buildings.

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United Infantry States

3rd Regiment, Pioneer, Corps Troops. 4th Regiment, Pioneer, Corps Troops. 5th Regiment, Pioneer, Corps Troops.

8th Regiment, M. N. G.,

74th " . . .

101st " . . .

104th " . . .

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The north and south panels contain paintings by g Henry Oliver Walker. g

" "^ The Pilgrims on the Mayflower | A group of Pilgrims is seen on the deck of the M "Mayflower," at the end of their long voyage. Worn g with suffering and fatigue, they are gazing at the g shore, which is at last in sight. The g Historical painting aims to represent the spirit of Paintings g Walker that moment. The actual forms of the g Pilgrims are not known. There is B

thought to be in existence an authentic portrait of I g g of them, but types have been selected to I S only one g

if possible, their physical bearing. The I B represent, g in this assemblage I M spectator may fancy that he sees g Brewster, Bradford, Winslow, Carver, M t B the shapes of Standish and Alden. I g g angels bearing an open 1 B Over their heads are two g across the painting is the inscription, I I Bible, and g

is our defence, and the Holy One I m "For the Lord g

Israel is our King." (Psalms 8q : i8.) I B of g

preaching to the Indians^ i 1 John Eliot g

chosen by the artist is a spot on the g I I The scene near Natick. Eliot is shown I B Charles River John J

life of preaching the Gospel to f H engaged in his work g the Indians. I B g

1 for public inspection May 2q, iqoz. I = Unveiled g I = » Exposed to view April 8. 1903. ^

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H The paintings in the east and west panels are g M by Edward Simmons. m 1775^ I Concord Bridge, April 19, | m The first armed resistance to British aggression. | When General Gage dispatched eight hundred J § men, under Lieutenant Colonel Smith and Major g g Pitcairn, to Lexington and Concord, Historical on the evening of April i8, 1775, he g Paintings M thought his plans were unknown to the Simmons a patriots, but Dr. Joseph Warren had m been watching his movements and Paul Revere was m I

H well on his way to arouse the inhabitants. m I

On the morning of April iq, Pitcairn reached I B | Lexington and found about seventy patriots there g g | his ordered M to oppose advance. He them to disperse g | but they refused, and the first blood of the Revo- g M | m lution was shed. The British troops kept on to | |

M Concord and three companies were detailed to guard M |

M the North Bridge. Two companies of patriots, under M | dis- g command of Major John Buttrick, volunteered to = I guard. they drew near the bridge the B lodge the As g | = British fired and a general action ensued, when the g f British retreated in confusion. Mr. Simmons repre- g g f M sents the patriots rushing down the road to dislodge the M \

H enemy, while the red-coats can be seen in the distance. g 1 i The Return of the Colors to the Custody g I of the Commonwealth, Dec. 22, 1865' I | J g This represents the scene described on pages ')7 g |

% and 58. H I g 1 Exposed to view Dec. i8, iqo2. g I g 2 Unveiled for public inspection May 2q, iqo2. = |

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Maj. Gen. William Francis Bartlett

The bronze statue of Major General William

Francis Bartlett, ^ — the hero of Port Hudson, — is

by Daniel Chester French. Chapter ^$, Bartlett Resolves of iqoi, provided that this statue should be erected on the State. H House grounds, but on April iq, 1903, the gov- M M ernor and council voted that it should be placed = g in Memorial Hall, as authorized by chapter 4 of the M g Resolves of 1903. M M The statue was dedicated May 27, 1904, the anni- § @ versary of the assault on the Confederate works M g at Port Hudson, Louisiana. After the presentation g g address by Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., j M Master James Dwight Francis, grandson of General g B Bartlett, unveiled the statue and it was accepted by g B Governor John L. Bates in the presence of Mrs. g g Bartlett and family, a large company of civil war g g veterans of the 20th, 49th and 57th regiments, state g g officials and other invited guests. After the cere- g g monies in Memorial Hall, the more formal exercises g g were held in the House of Representatives, Gov- g g ernor Bates presiding, and the oration was delivered g g by Brigadier General Morris Schaff. = g (Inscription) g g WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT g M A VOLUNTEER IN THE CIVIL WAR M g A MAJOR GENERAL AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-POUR M g FOREMOST TO PLEAD FOR RECONCILIATION M g BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH g m BORN 1840. DIED 1876. g g .1 See Appendix. ^

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g The statue is of heroic size. It represents General | M Bartlett saluting the colors, — wearing the old time = I army coat, with long-skirted dress coat I and high boots, with the sword and belt Bartlett M of the mounted officer, one hand grasping

the hilt of his sword, while in the other is the once

familiar army hat. He served as captain in the 20th

regiment, and colonel of the 4qth and 57th regiments. The statue was moved to the corridor, north

of Doric Hall, on Jan. 25, IQ21, under chapter 513, Acts of igio.

The pedestal is made of "Cippolino" marble

from Italy.

Ames — Russell — Greenhalge

In arched recesses may be seen busts of gov- — ernors : Oliver Ames, 1887-89. Modelled by Robert Kraus in i8qo and presented by Mrs. Ames in iqoo. Busts William E. Russell, i8qi-q-}. Mod- g elled by Richard E. Brooks in 1893 and presented | I by friends in 1897. B g Frederic T. Greenhalge, 1894-96. Modelled by g I Samuel J. Kitson in 1895 and presented by citizens J = of Lowell, Feb. 28, 1896. g g The total expenditure for Memorial Hall was M g $309,118.93. The floors of this and the Senate | g Staircase Hall are inlaid with six varieties of marble, M I — white Italian, Pavonazzo, grand antique, Langue- g

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doc, Siena and Vert Campan. The fireplaces in the g Senate reading room and office of Clerk, House of M Representatives, are made of onyx; the one in the % office of the President of the Senate is J Marble black and gold Italian marble; those g in the reception, reading and writing g rooms, House of Representatives, are Siena marble;

those in the rooms of the Clerk of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Committee on Rules and Counsel to House Committees, are Rouge jasper. Several other

rooms have fireplaces of Siena marble and there is

one of shell marble. The white marble in the in-

terior of the State House Extension is Italian, and the

only American marble is that on its exterior,*which was

quarried in Lee, Mass. The East and West wings are

built of Vermont marble, Massachusetts marble being

used in the interior of the lateral portions. Vermont

marble is in the West Wing, forward projection. The door trim and base in the main corridors of the Wings

are Belgian black marble, and in the offices, French gray.

The Guild Memorial

The memorial to His Excellency Curtis Guild, Governor, forms one of the panels in the west corridor,

north of Memorial Hall. It is a tablet, Guild Memorial the general character of which is not unlike those usually put up in Italy

during the early Renaissance. It consists of the I g tablet proper of Numidian marble, into which is in- I g white marble relief portrait of Governor I serted a bas g

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S Guild and a memorial inscription in letters of gilded

M bronze. Outside this is an architectural frame, with a g base, pilasters, and cornice of Istrian stone. In the M ornament of the pilasters are indicated Guild g some of the Degrees and Orders con- Memorial g ferred on Governor Guild, and the arms of nations to which he was accredited as Ambassador. On the base are carved the arms of the Common- wealth and of Governor Guild.

(Inscription) CURTIS GUILD 1860-1915 CITIZEN OF BOSTON A SOLDIER IN THE "WAR WITH SPAIN. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR OP THE COMMONWEALTH. SPECIAL AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA. TRUE SERVANT OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OF THE UNITED STATES.

The memorial was designed by Ralph Adams Cram and Frank W. Ferguson, and, with the exception of

the bas relief, was executed by John Evans & Company.

The bas relief was modelled and carved by Richard

Recchia. The gift was paid for by a popular sub- scription of many hundred citizens.

The dedicatory exercises were held on December

22, iqi6, in the presence of Mrs. Guild, Miss Sarah L. Guild and Mr. Courtney Guild and other members of

the family, the staff of the late Governor, the memorial

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committee and many friends. Mr. John Wheelwright, vice-chairman of the committee, presided, and prayer was offered by Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham. The memorial steps on the Common were presented to the City of Boston and accepted by His Honor James M. Curley, Mayor. Then Mr. Wheelwright presented the

tablet, and the National and State flags, Guild Memorial which draped the gift, were drawn aside by Master Edward Orlandini, nephew

I M of Mrs. Guild. His Excellency, Samuel W. McCall, M

I B Governor, accepted the memorial in behalf of the M

I M Commonwealth, saying, in part: M

I M "His career of public service in the Commonwealth, H in the of the United States, and as Ambassador I M Army J to foreign countries, one of rare distinction. I I was As g

I M Governor, he aimed to have put upon the statute M

= books liberal laws framed in the interest of all the I | people. did as the representative of this I M He much |

I g country abroad to promote international amity, and m as an officer in the he introduced reforms of an I § Army J character in his branch of the service." I g enduring m

The formal address was by Hon. Herbert Parker, I I — g and a few words are quoted from his oration : I I g

in I g "As upon the accents of his own voice, this g ideals of the the I S sanctuary of the holy Commonwealth, | = flags he loved, and which for him floated always in the I g faith, stir, re- I M empyrean heights of his own exalted g

I M sponsive to our thought, and from their radiant folds, M the light of memory and of prophecy opens to our I g g

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vision new vistas of the past and of the future. In the g ardor of this atmosphere, this monument erected in g grateful tribute to one who has served and honored B the State of his birth, and of his love, here dedicated g by our pledge of loyalty such as he inspired, shall be g safeguarded and cherished from year to year, and be M preserved through the inseparable suc- Guild cession of the days that are past and Memorial the constant renewal of the days that are to come, and so the name and fame of one who g has been crowned by the esteem and admiration g of the people of his own time, becomes immortal, g perpetuate in the history of his country, and lives so g long as the nation itself shall survive. May the spirit g that animated his soul still lead his countrymen as g when he lived. g

... fill up the gaps in our files, M Strengthen the wavering line, g Stablish, continue our march, g On, to the bound of the waste, g On, to the City of God." g

The exercises closed with the benediction by His = Eminence Cardinal William H. O'Connell. g

Main Staircase—Colony and State Seals | Passing out of Memorial Hall and ascending the M main staircase, the visitor will notice a stained-glass M window, containing reproductions of the various g official seals of Massachusetts. ^ g 1 Chapter 8i, Resolves of iSqq. g 83 1 I THE STATE HOUSE I I

I m Centre, seal of the Colony of Massachusetts, au-

thorized by its charter of March 4, 1628-29. ^ In April, 1629, the governor in England wrote the colonists here that he had sent over "the = Seal Companyes scale in silver, by Mr. Samuell

Sharpe, a passenger." It is oval and bears g the device of an Indian, holding a bow and arrow, and M g standing between two pine trees. Around this device B I are the words "Sigillum Cub Et Societ De Matta- H M chusets Bay In Nova Anglia." The Indian is repre- B M sented as speaking the prayer of a man of Macedonia M M to St. Paul, — "Come over and help us." (The B of the H Acts Apostles 16 : q.) This was the only seal M I used until the abrogation of the first charter, in 1684. H M The next seal -was furnished in 1686 by King James B g II while Sir Edmund Andros was governor, and was M B in use until the downfall of the king, in i68q. This g = has two sides, both being represented in the window. B M The armorial part consists of the royal arms, but B B distinguished therefrom by adding the words "Sigillum B B Novae Angliae in America." Below are seals of the B B Province, from 1692 to the Revolution, granted under B B the second charter, — the first during the reign of = M George I, the second about 1728, under George II. B B On the accession of George III, his name was sub- B B stituted for the latter. These seals contain the B B royal arms, with the addition of a motto pertaining to B g the Province. B

B Still lower down is the seal adopted Aug. 5, 1775, B B of an "English American holding a sword in the right B g 1 Mass. Records. Vol. i. pp. 10. 397. B

iillllllllllllllllilliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli^^ I THE STATE HOUSE g hand and Magna Charta in the left hand, with the M words 'Magna Charta* imprinted on it." The coat- g of-arms, which was used from the adoption of the g State constitution in 1780 until June 14, M i8q8, is also reproduced. At the left of Is I the Magna Charta seal is the personal seal of Governor Francis Bernard, 1760-69, and at the right that of Governor Thomas Hutchinson,

1769-74 (acting governor the first two years).

Under the Province charter all commissions to

officers in the military service were issued under a

privy seal, bearing the personal coat-of-arms of the

governor. The seals were usually circular. Several of

these arms (the armorial portion) are shown, and in

addition to the dates, which appear in the window, the names of the respective governors are given.

In the left section are the arms of the following: —

Sir William Phipps, ..... i6qi-g4 William Stoughton (lieutenant governor, acting governor)...... i6q4-qq

Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, . . i6qg-i7oi Joseph Oudley, ..... 1702-15 Samuel Shute...... 1716-22

In the right section: —

William IDummer (lieutenant governor, acting governor),

William Burnet. I 728-2q Jonathan Belcher, 1730-41 William Shirley, 1741-57 Thomas Pownall, 1757-60 g The seals of Governors Bernard and Hutchinson = have already been mentioned.

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1 Executive Department — Council Chamber 1

M The executive department occupies the south- M I west portion of the Bulfinch Front, third floor, with J g adjoining rooms in the lateral portion of the West M Wing. All the governors elected under B Executive the constitution of Massachusetts, except | Depart- ment three, performed the duties of their m office in these Bulfinch rooms, the ad- S ministrations of John Hancock, James Bowdoin and Samuel Adams having ended before the completion of the Bulfinch State House. ^

The Council Chamber is of the Corinthian order.

The north wall is ornamented by the caduceus and

cap of liberty, representing peace and freedom; the

east wall by a golden star, representing Council Chamber Massachusetts, — one of the thirteen

original States ; the south wall by the scale

and sword of justice, emblems of executive power; the west wall by the coat-of-arms. Wreaths of oak and

laurel complete the decorations. The walls and orna-

mentations of this room were placed there by Bulfinch.

There is a beautiful black and gold Italian marble mantel, with carved oak mirror, in the Governor's

private office. Two mantels of white

= Marbles Italian marble have been placed in the

new rooms; these latter were taken in g iqi6 from the house numbered 28 Beacon Street, M g comer of Hancock Avenue, just before it was razed. | g 1 During the alterations of i8c)6 and iSqj the governor and coun- g g cil occupied rooms Nos. 237-239 in the extension. =

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M Aside from the colors of the Civil, Spanish Ameri- g m can and World wars, eleven flags represent other periods g M in the history of Massachusetts and the United States. |

M The "first flag of New England," under which g S our ancestors lived and fought in the earlier colonial g M and provincial periods, is reproduced, having been g B presented by the Massachusetts Society of Colonial g g Wars, March iq, iqo6. It is a white flag with the g g red cross of St. George and in the corner a pine tree, M M always a peculiar emblem of New England. g g On Evacuation Day, March 17, iqo6, Boston g g chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, presented g g a copy of the flag carried at the siege of Boston and g g hoisted by Gen. Israel Putnam on Prospect Hill, g g Somerville, Jan. i, 1776, as the first flag of g the United Colonies. It bears the red Flags g cross of St. George and white saltire of St. Andrew on a blue union. General re- I Putnam g tained the crosses of the English ensign, I but substi- g tuted for the plain red field a field of red and white I g

I stripes, one for each of the thirteen colonies. Only the M

crosses of England and Scotland appear it, for I on the M

I red saltire of St. Patrick, now on the union jack, was g

not added until after the union with Ireland in 180 1. I g

Hill" flag is also reproduced. I The "Bunker This M flag of colonists field I the has a blue with the "first g flag of as It gift I New England" a canton. was a of M the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of I the Revo- g lution, iqo6. I June 17, g

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I A copy of the "Pine Tree" flag was presented M I March q, IQ07, by Mrs. Ida Louise Gibbs of Waltham M g as a memorial to her father, husband and son. It is | a white flag with the pine tree in the | Flags centre, and above is the motto "An M Appeal to Heaven." This was the naval m flag of Massachusetts and the first flag to fly over an I g American fleet — a fleet of schooners commissioned I M

I M by General Washington at the siege of Boston. It was the first naval flag of the United Colonies. I g The "Betsy Ross" flag, a flag of 1781, an ensign I g

I M of the American frigate "Peacock," a Mexican War

I I flag, a State flag of the Bay State Light Infantry, and

I g Gen. Grant's garrison flag are described farther on.

I M The colors of the commander-in-chief are displayed

I m in the Governor's office. The State colors carried flag, the Governor's I m by the troops are a square but

I M colors, usually carried behind him by a mounted color bearer, triangular like a cavalry guidon. The I g are

field is white with golden yellow fringe, cord and tassels I M and on one side is the coat-of-arms of the Common- I J

1 M wealth, embroidered in colors (see pages loq and 1 10). i S The original charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony, by

I S Charles I, granted the adventurers a seal which, as described, bore the device of an Indian [ B previously pine trees. significance I B standing between two The a reminder of the compact between f H of this design was the king and the company that the object of the settle- I I charter, the elevation I H ment, as expressed in the was Christianity. I J of the Indian and his conversion to The

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3 arrow, point downward, signifying peace. The re- M I

M verse of the colors bears on the same blue shield, not H | J an Indian, but the historic pine tree of g New England. The flag of Massa- Fl a gs = chusetts which waves over State build-

ings ^ has, like the colors of the commander-in-chief, the arms of the Commonwealth on one side, and on the reverse the pine tree shield. ^

A Bible presented by Governor Butler is kept here; also a volume of the General Statutes (i860) which has been transmitted by each governor to his succes-

sor since Governor Banks first transferred it to Gover-

nor Andrew. Another transmittendum is a gavel and box made from timbers of the frigate "Constitution";

still another is a gavel block of an Indian whetstone, and arrowheads, dug up on Cape Cod. The gavel and gavel block were presented by Executive Governor Guild. The department is Depart- also custodian of photographs of former ment governors and councillors; a portrait of ^ architect, color g Charles Bulfinch, from a water draw- g | Vautin, M ing by M. presented by Miss Ellen S. Bulfinch, H I Cambridge; a portrait of Denys g of de Berdt^ (which M | in Council M originally hung the Chamber, old State g | M House), presented by Richard Gary, June 1780; 7, | | g the coat-of-arms of the De Berdt family, given to g | Governor Bates William E. Merrill; a State flag, g by g | King's Mountain, N. at the I which was sent to C, g | celebra- B request of the committee on the centennial g | battle, Oct. 1880. 1 tion of the 7, | I

M ^ Chapter 60, Acts of iqoq. 2 Chapter zzq. Acts of igo8. ^ I 3 See Appendix. g ^ |

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Passing through the east corridor, the visitor enters the Senate chamber, formerly the House of Repre- sentatives, with its galleries formed by Doric m Senate columns, the whole being surrounded by Doric entablatures. The four flat arches, united by a circular cornice above, form in the angles four pendants to the dome. The pendants are adorned with emblems of commerce, agriculture, peace and war.

Over the President's chair are the National and State flags, ^ the gilded eagle already mentioned, holding in its beak a large scroll with the inscription "God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," and upon the north wall is the State coat-of-arms. A resolve of Feb. 24, 1847, appropriated money for the payment of expense incurred by the Sergeant-at-Arms to place in bold relief the "Massachusetts coat-of- arms" over the Speaker's chair in the House of Repre-

sentatives, and "for that purpose to fill up the middle upper windows," agreeable to an order of the House passed March 27, 1846.

Suspended from the south wall are two muskets, — a King's arm, captured from the British by Capt. John Parker on the morning of April iq, War in the battle of Lexington, — being Relics 1775, the first firearm taken from the enemy in

I the war for Independence, — and the firearm used by m I Captain Parker in that battle, both bequeathed by | I Rev. Theodore Parker. ^ The National flag in the | carried the 7th Field Signal I south panel was by 3 1 M I Battalion in the World War (read note 3, page 74). | 1 1 Order of the Senate. Jan. 24, i8q8. M i 2 Senate Journal of Jan. 26, 1861, and Boston Journal of ^ s Jan. 28. 1861. Address by Governor Andrew before a joint con- ^ 1 vention of the Legislature, Jan. 26, 1861. ^

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In this room the House of Representatives held its sessions from Jan. ii, i/qS, to Jan. 2, 1895, and the following day moved to the new chamber in the extension. Previous to 1867 there was no gallery in the front or rear of this hall. A balcony on each side, below the gallery, reached by a short flight of stairs from the floor, was used by members until 1860.^ The members sat in pews until the session of 1868, when chairs were occupied for the first time. These were arranged in straight lines on a level floor. New desks were also furnished for the Senators. The following summer (1868) the floor of the = Senate House was raised and the seats arranged in circular form. During the preservation

M and renewal of the Bulfinch State House, it having j

M been decided that the Senate should occupy this I floor J chamber, the was again made level and the I seats arranged in a circle for the convenience of 5 the [ M forty senators. The Senate held its first session here I m Jan. 5, i8g8. On Feb. 18, 1895, the Senators moved I

M to room No. 237, pending the alterations, but returned I

M to the old chamber April 8 for the remainder of that I session and the session of i8q6; on 6, they I Jan. 1897, | J convened in the temporary chamber provided in the | upper portion of Memorial Hall. M |

1 Senate Reception Room | Senate Reception formerly B The Room, the Senate | its M Chamber where meetings were held from Jan. 11, | 2 M 1798, to June 10, i8q6, is of Ionic design, and occupies | the east portion the Bulfinch front. g of The State arms | M face the entrance, and there is a beautiful clock — | M over the door. On the walls hang portraits of: |

M ^ I have been unable to ascertain when the balconies were | = added, but it must have been about 1852. as they appear on | g a plan of the '"State House and enlargement." 1853-54. drawn = ^ by Gridley J. F. Bryant, architect. They were removed in j86o. | M Auditor's Report and Chapter i , Acts of i860. | g 2 Barring the interval from Feb. 18-April 8. 1895. * |

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I B The State owns a portrait of Rev. John Wheel-

Wright, 1 I M born in 1593, in Lincolnshire, England, arrived in Boston, May 26, 1636, and died in Wheel- wright Salisbury, Massachusetts, Nov. 15, 1679. There is an inscription in dark letters on the canvas, almost concealed in the dark paint of the

background; that inscription was partly lost when at

some time the canvas was cut; it reads as follows: —

"Aetatjis Suae 84 Anno D]omini 1677"

For some years prior to 1895, the portrait hung in one of the rooms of the Secretary of the Common-

wealth, and still earlier in the Senate Chamber.

Here is a musket used by Major John Buttrick

at the North Bridge, Concord, April iq, 1775, presented to the Commonwealth by his great-grand- children, James G. and Martha M. Buttrick of Lowell,

April 16, iqoi; a drum beaten at the battle of Bunker

Hill, June 17, 1775, by Thomas Scott; a Hessian hat, sword, gun and drum captured at the War Relics battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777, — presented by Brigadier General John Stark, — and a letter of acknowledgment g to General g i Stark by Jeremiah Powell, President g of the Council, g i

dated December ; this hat, g 5, 1777 sword and B I drum bear the Arms of Westphalia ; the g drum has M | an iron frame g and brass barrel. There is also a g i drum captured from the British in — g the same battle, H I

g 1 See "First Church of Christ in Quincy." by D. M. Wilson H - i8qo. pp. 151 and 152 of Appendix. * g g |

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H the gift of Robert L, Day of Melrose, January 28, 1904; g

H a drum ^ used by Henry J. White, a drummer in Co. I, H g 6th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, on | M their march through Baltimore, April ig, 1861; a m g musket carried by Charles A. Taylor, a private in g I Co. D of the same regiment, who fell on the march g M of that day. This latter musket, which had been g g fired and the ramrod lost probably in reloading, M M was found in an adjacent house and given to Wilson g g Post No. I, G. A. R., of Baltimore, who presented M M it to the 6th Regiment Association; at War g Lowell, April ig, 1881, the association Relics M presented it to the Commonwealth through Governor John D. Long. The saddle, bridle and M holsters were given to Maj. Gen. George C. Strong 2 g by the citizens of Troy, N. Y., and were sent to the M

State House, Nov. 7, igoj, by his son, Wilson B. g Strong of Georgetown, D. C. His sword was pre- H sented by Mr. F. W. Budd, of New York City, on May g 23, igi8. On Feb. 10, iqoq, Joseph H. Knox gave a g drum that he used through the Wide-Awake period of g the first Lincoln campaign, and during his service in H the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; it bears a g United States shield, an eagle and thirteen stars. g

The "Betsy Ross" fiag was presented March q, g iqo6, by Hannah Goddard Chapter, Daughters of M the American Revolution, of Brookline, Mass. It g

= ^ Presented to Governor Long, November 17, 1882, by = White. j Mr. g 2 See Appendix. I ^ illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^^^

I THE STATE HOUSE | g has thirteen stripes, with a circle of thirteen stars in j H the union, and is a copy of the first flag of the United | H States — designed by George Washington, approved | g by Benjamin Franklin and carried into execution by | M Mrs. Ross. On June 14, 1777, Congress resolved | M "that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen | stripes alternate red and white; that the | Fla gs union be thirteen stars white in a blue § field representing a new constellation." | J The only change from the flag of the United Colonies M M was the substitution of the stars for the crosses. The M M Governor annually sets apart the fourteenth day of M M June as Flag Day. ^ g

M The time-worn and weather-beaten bunting flag M g was made in 1781 for Jonathan Fowle of Boston. The M M thirteen stars are arranged in three horizontal rows, — | § four in the upper, five in the middle and four in the g g lower row. This fiag was flown at one time over Fort g g Independence, in Boston Harbor, when Mr. Fowle's M § son, George M. Fowle, then a member of the Boston J g Rangers, was a part of the garrison of that post. g M George W. Fowle of Jamaica Plain, grandson of Jon- M g athan, presented it to the Commonwealth, Feb. 22, M g iqo6. g

( The next in point of time is a copy of the flag of g M the American frigate "Peacock," which won a victory M M over the British sloop of war "Epervier," off the g g coast of Florida in 18 14. This was presented by the g g 1 Chapter 5, Resolves of iqii. g g 100 g lilllllillllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllli iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I

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M reproduction of the one of fifteen stars and fifteen g i stripes, adopted after the admission of g Jan. 13, 1794, g | It M Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. has been g |

M called "The Star Spangled Banner." The familiar M |

= song bearing this title was inspired by the author, M I M Francis Scott Key, witnessing the bom- g bardment of Fort Mc Henry, at the en- Flags ^ g trance to Baltimore Harbor, Sept. 13, 18 14.

I The Fort McHenry flag has the stars arranged in five g lines, I indented parallel three stars in each horizontal =

line. It is in the Smithsonian Institution, I Washing- g

I ton, D. C. The American flag is now constructed g

I under an act of April 4, 18 18, — "that from and after g the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United I g

I States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and g

I white; that the union have twenty stars, white in a g field; that the admission I blue on of every new state g

I into the Union, one star be added to the union of the M

I flag; and that such addition shall take effect g

I on the fourth day of July next succeeding such g admission." I , g

I A regimental flag which Lieut. G&n. Winfield Scott, g

I U. S. A., presented to the only Massachusetts regi- M

I ment that fought in the Mexican War is also of much g

I interest. This flag was one of four presented to meri- g

I torious regiments in the service of the United States g

I during that war. It is of green silk, embroidered, g

I with the national coat-of-arms in the centre, while g

I above are thirty stars representing the number of g

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I A United States garrison flag, which waved from the M M flagstaff at Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters, H J City Point, Virginia, in the Civil war, hangs in the M balcony. It was given by General Grant | Flags to his staff officer. Col. Amos Webster, | in April, 1865, after the surrender of the M

M Confederates at Appomattox Court House, and he in I

turn presented it to Roger Wolcott, Governor, through I | M D. Long, Secretary of the Navy, 26, John Jan. 1898. |

M On December 8, iqio, a flag of the Bay State |

M Light Infantry was presented to Calvin Coolidge, [ Governor, by Mrs. Hannah (Bartlett) Griffith Shaw, g |

M of Middleborough, through Rep. Frank E. Barrows. i

silk, 4' 5^" 5' M It is blue x q^", with the State coat- [ of-arms surmounted by thirteen gold stars. The Com- J |

M pany was raised by Thomas B. Griffith and others | under Special Order No. 21, dated 22, 1852, I June |

M was known as Company K and incorporated into I

M the 3rd Regiment of Light Infantry, 2nd Brigade, | m ist Division, "fhe flag was given by the ladies of |

is M Carver in December, 1852. It a rare gift as it | represents a period before the Civil war, and through M |

M Mrs. Shaw's generosity has been permanently pre- | = served. | — M A cabinet here contains several historic articles, | thin stone of sea shells roof of I A and sand from the |

M the ancestral home of George Washington, Sulgrave |

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I Manor, Northamptonshire, England, given by Dr. John B

I J. Coxeter, of Newtonville, June 24, iqiq; a canteen m

of the of 1 8 1 ; to the I War 2 a key powder magazine on B Captain's Island, Cambridge; a silver B = Relics watch found by John Howarth, of G M Company, 15th Massachusetts Infantry, M at Little the I B Round Top during second day of the B battle of Gettysburg, and presented I g by Thomas B

I B M. Rumney, of Norwood, May 18, iqi8; a gavel B presented to the House of Representatives I B by Hon. B C)- Long, Secretary of the Navy; the I m JoJ^^ head B is of from the cruiser I B made wood Olympia, Admiral B

I B Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila; the handle is B from the rail of the Sandovat, a Spanish I J gunboat cap- B

I M tured by our Navy off the coast of Cuba during the M

I B Spanish American war. B

I B There are two mementos of the World war, — a B

I B shell presented by Mrs. John H. Sherburne, as a gift B her husband, to Governor Sarriuel I g from W. McCall, g it I B who transferred to the Commonwealth Jan. 4, igiq, M and a plaque "Offert Par La C^^^^ Boisrouvray = I g Du

I M Aux Officiers, Sous-Officiers et Soldats De La Glorieuse B 26 ME Division D'Infanterie Du Corps Expedition- I I M Americain." ^ I B naire M i I The apartment directly to the north is the Senate B It is finished in I m Reading Room. white mahogany. m offices of the President I B The and Clerk of the Senate B

I M are just beyond. B

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TO HI8 EXCELLENCY GOV. SAMUEL WALKER McCALL THE FIRST SHELL FIRED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD AGAINST GERMANY.

FIRED 3.45 P.M., TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 1918 BY 1st SECTION, BATTERY A, lOlST REGIMENT, F^ELD ARTILLERY, COL. JOHN H. SHERBURNE, COMMANDING.

INSCRIPTION ON PLAQUE FAITS D'ARMES DE LA 266 DIVISION D'INFANTERIE AMERICAINE EN FRANCE 1918

CHEMIN DES DAMES — 28 F^VRIER BOIS BRULjS — 10-13 AVRIL SEICHEPREY — 20-21 AVRIL CAMP MOULIN — 30-31 MAI XIVRAY-MARVOISIN — 16 JUIN

CHATEAU THIERRY ' g TORCY . GIVRY . ETREPILLY . TRUGNY M

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M The great seal is kept in this office; also the M M official representation of the coat-of-arms, as drawn M I and emblazoned under the direction of the Secretary, | M William M. Olin, and adopted by the Legislature, g m June 14, i8q8. ^ g

M The arms consist of a shield having a blue field M g or surface with an Indian thereon, dressed in a shirt m M and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and M I in his left hand an arrow, point downward, all of B I gold; and, in the upper corner of the field, Great M above his right arm, a silver star with five Seal M points. The crest is a wreath of blue and

M gold, whereon, in gold, is a right arm, bent at the M M elbow, clothed and ruffled, with the hand grasping H I a broadsword. The motto is the second of two lines M M written about A. D. 1659 by Algernon Sydney, the M g English patriot, in the Book of Mottoes in the King's M m library at Copenhagen, Denmark. g g ... Manus haec inimica tyrannis M g Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem. g g This motto appears on the Magna Charta seal of M 1 1775-80. I g The heraldry of the seal is in the Council records g g of December 13, 1780: — Sapphire, an Indian, g g ' Chapter jiq. Acts of 1808. Chapter 2. The General Laws. g g 2 Great Seal of the Commonwealth, House No. 345. April. 1885; g g Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, Second Series. = ^ Vol, II, pp. 39-41. " Algernon Sydney," by Robert C. Winthrop, g g before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, Dec. 21. 1853. g g loq M iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^^ THE STATE HOUSE |

dressed in his Shirt, Moggosins, belted proper, in

his right hand a Bow, Topaz, in his left an Arrow,

its point towards the Base; of the Great Seal second, on the Dexter side of the Indian's head, a Star, Pearl, for one m of the United States of America.

§ Crest. On a Wreath a Dexter Arm clothed and g ruffled proper, grasping a Broad Sword, the Pummel g and Hilt, Topaz, with this motto: — Ense petit I placidam Sub Libertate Quietem. And around the g Seal: — Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis. g Here too, safely encased, are the Colony charter g of Massachusetts Bay, issued by Charles I, 1628; the Province charter, by William and Charters Mary, 1692; explanatory charter, by

George 1 1 ; the original manuscript of the constitution of the Commonwealth and the amendments, together with an attested copy of the

constitution, which was made in i8g4, the original

having become illegible in parts.

In the archives division, fourth floor, are all the

executive and legislative records of Massachusetts. Of especial interest are the military = Archives records of the Narragansett war, the French and Indian campaigns, the g muster and payrolls of the Revolution. There g g is now a complete record-index from 17 10 to 1783, g M covering the years of the French and Indian and g B Revoluntary wars. Here are also preserved the g g no ' g lilllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillillllllli plllllllllllllllllllllilillllllllllllllilllllllllilllllli^

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= records of the Governor and Company of New M I England, which later became the records of the M I General Court; the original parchment = treaties made with the tribes of Eastern Archives M Indians; the original depositions and ex- aminations of persons accused of witchcraft; manu-

script letters and papers of the revolutionary period; maps and plans of early grants of townships and to individuals by the Province and Commonwealth; the State surveys of 1794 and 1830.

State Library — The Bradford History

The State Library ^ is at the extreme north.

It is one of the largest State reference libraries in the United States, having a collection of over 300,000 volumes and pamphlets. The following are among the many things to be found on the shelves, — the laws and judicial decisions, congres-

sional and public documents of the United States, the several States and Territories; the laws, State judicial decisions and reports of Great Library Britain, her colonies and dependencies;

1 the statute law of other civilized countries ; the journals S the g and debates of constitutional conventions ; history, M I biography, genealogy, town reports, maps and news- B i papers relating to New England, especially to Massa- M I chusetts as Colony, Province and Commonwealth; M = books on government, social and political science, | I finance, taxation, banking, agriculture, horticulture, M M ^ Established in 1826. ^

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g pedagogy and education, penology, charities. State g industries, civic development and betterment, and M a good working library of reference books. Here is B the "History of Plimoth Plantation," by Governor I William Bradford, returned to the Commonwealth M from the library of the Consistorial and Episcopal m Court of London, by the Lord Bishop of London, I through the efforts of George F. Hoar, United S States Senator, and Thomas F. Bayard, Ambassador

= at the Court at St. James's, and received in behalf B of the Commonwealth by His Excellency Roger M Wolcott, Governor, May 26, 1897; also a portrait of Charles Sumner, ^ United States Sen State ator, Ulke, — presented to Library by Henry the Commonwealth in 1884, by James and a gold medal I g Wormley of Washington, D. C; 1 the govern- I 3 offered to Mr. Sumner in July, 1871, by g of Hayti, in recognition of his successful I H ment g efforts in to establish diplomatic relations be- I g 1862, j

I M tween the republic of Hayti and the United States of M his equally successful efforts to = I H America, and for republic of Dominica I H prevent the annexation of the 1 in 1 g to the United States, which medal, conformity 1 de- I H with a provision of the Federal Constitution, he g which, at his suggestion, was I m clined to receive and g Massachusetts. ^ In the skylight form- I g presented to g

I g ing a portion of the ceiling of the reading room g

are the memorable dates, 1620, 1775, 186 1. I g g

1 See Appendix. I g g i M » Placed in the State Library, by Chapter 5. Resolves of ^

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m A portrait bust of U. S. Senator Hoar, ^ by Daniel C. French, sculptor, was pur- State chased by authority of chapter 62, Library Resolves of iqo6, and unveiled Sep-

tember 2q, 1Q08, by Governor Guild in the presence of the Executive Council.

(Inscription)

GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR 1826—1904 SCHOLAR JURIST STATESMAN PURE IN LIFE INCORRUPTIBLE IN POLITICS CHAMPION OP FREEDOM FRIEND OF HUMANITY.

House of Representatives — The Codfish

Leaving the library and passing into the west

corridor, the visitor enters the reading and writing rooms and post-office connected with the House of Representatives. Beyond are the

ladies' reception room and Representa- House of Repre- tives' chamber, both finished in white sentatives mahogany. The entire wall of the

House, from floor to gallery, is panelled. The gallery I M g

I = is surmounted by ten Corinthian columns, and above M

^ I B is the beautiful coved ceiling. The coat-of-arms and m B names of the counties are wrought in the glass; upon m I — the frieze are the names of fifty-three noted men : M I H = M ^ See Appendix. g 2 Frescoes by Frank Hill Smith. = I g

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Carver and William Bradford, the first governors of = I g John two g Plymouth Colony. I g M i John Endecott and John Winthrop. the first two governors of I M | | Massachusetts Colony. I ^ g | Sir Henry Vane, governor of Massachusetts Colony in I = 1636; g | I M beheaded in England in 1662 for his devotion to liberty. M I Timothy Pickering, adjutant-general and quartermaster-gen- I g g i i eral on the staff of General in the g Washington, Revolutionary war; g | later I g postmaster-general, secretary of war and secretary of state g i in Washington's cabinet, also senator from Massachusetts. i M g | Henry Knox, major-general in the Revolutionary I g war and g | secretary of war in Washington's cabinet. I g M | Benjamin Lincoln, major-general in I g the Revolutionary war. g | John Adams, revolutionary statesman; first vice-president and I g g | second president of the United States. I g g |

Nathan Dane, member of the Continental Congress of 1 785-87, I = g |

and author of the ordinance of 1 787 which prohibited slavery in I g g | the territories west of the Ohio River. I g g | Josiah Quincy, statesman and president of Harvard College. I g g i Quincy Adams, statesman and sixth president of United I g John g i States. I g g I

I g Daniel Webster and Charles Sumner, statesmen and senators = | I g from Massachusetts. g i Wilson, I g Henry statesman, senator and vice-president of the g | States. I g United g | I g John A. Andrew, governor of Massachusetts during the Civil M | war. I g g I Rufus Choate, orator and senator from Massachusetts. I g g I Theophilus Parsons and Lemuel Shaw, chief justices of the I g g | I g Supreme Court of Massachusetts. g i Joseph Story, justice of the Supreme Court of the United I g g | I g States. g I orator. States I g Edward Everett, statesman, United senator and g | governor of Massachusetts. I M g | Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison, anti-slavery I g g | orators. I ^ ^ | Horace educator. I g Mann, g | I g Samuel G. Howe, educator of the blind. g 1 Charles Allen, member of Congress, and chief justice of the I g g | Massachusetts. I g Superior Court of g | major-general in the Civil war, attorney- I g Charles Devens, g | general of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of I g Ml I g Massachusetts. g i Civil war. I M William F. Bartlett, major-general in the g |

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Possibly an emblem hung in the old State, or

Town, House, but as this structure was burned

Dec. q, 1747, the codfish doubtless was Codfish destroyed. The State House, in State

Street, was erected in 1748, and although

M it is not known when the codfish was restored, in a | bill of Crafts, to the g 1773, presented by Thomas Jr., | M Province of Massachusetts Bay, the following item ap- | m pears,— "To painting Codfish ... 15 shillings." |

I As moved by Mr. Rowe, the emblem was sus- | g pended in the House, remaining there until trans- |

M ferred to the new State House, with the archives, | I in 1798, and suspended in the House of Represen- |

M tatives. Just before its transfer, it received a fresh | g coat of paint, as shown by a bill of Dec. 6, 1797, |

M from Samuel Gore, — "Painting Codfish 12 s." | g On March 7, 1895, it was ordered "that the Sergeant- | I at-Arms be and is hereby directed to cause the | g immediate removal of the ancient representation of | B a codfish from its present position in the chamber | g recently vacated by the House, and to cause it to be | g suspended in a suitable place over the Speaker's | g chair in the new chamber." ^ A committee of fifteen, | g under the escort of John G. B. Adams, Sergeant-at- | M Arms, proceeded to the old chamber, when the em- | g blem was lowered, wrapped in an American flag, | of four g and borne to the House Representatives by | g messengers. It was repaired and painted by Walter | ^ g M. Brackett at an expense of $100.00, and on |

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= April 2q, i8g5, was ordered to be hung opposite the =

M Speaker's chair. This was accomplished May 6, M

H 1895. The codfish is made of pine; it

measures feet, 1 1 inches long, is Codfish g 4 1 and I approximately 10 inches through the largest H part of the body.

B The portrait of Henry H. Childs, ^ lieutenant g governor 1843, by Moses Wight, in the clerk's g office, committee on rules, was presented to the g Commonwealth by Henry C. Merwin, Aug. 30, iqoi. g Leading from the west corridor, beyond the g House, are the offices of the Speaker and Clerk, g In the private room of the former are photo- m graphs of the gentlemen who have filled the

M Speaker's chair since 1780, and the list will be g found on pages 118 and i iq. g Incident to the occupancy of the new House of g Representatives in the Extension, and the preservation g of the Bulfinch Front, the House chairs were sold in g i8q6, i8q7 and i8q8, the members of i8q4 having the g first opportunity to purchase; the Senate chairs were g sold in i8q7 and i8q8, Senators of i8q7 having first M choice; and the chairs in the Council Chamber were = sold in i8q8 to Councillors of the preceding year. g Note. — The first General Court, which was held under the g constitution, assembled in Boston, Wednesday, October 25, 1780. g It held three sessions and was prorogued May iq, 1781. From g 1 781 until 1832 the p)olitical year commenced on the last Wednes- g day in May. In 1832 the constitution was amended so that the g political year should begin the first Wednesday in January. See Appendix. llllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli^ THE STATE HOUSE

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Wolcott and the Men of Massachusetts in the Spanish American War

The memorial to Roger Wolcott, late Governor,

and the men of Massachusetts who served in the war with Spain, — by Daniel Chester French, sculptor,

and Henry Bacon, architect, — is on the third floor,

opposite the main staircase. It was dedicated Dec.

31, iqo6, in the presence of Mrs. Wolcott, members

of her family, the staff of the late Governor, veterans

of the Spanish American War, and many other friends.

The address of presentation was made by His Honor

Eben S. Draper, Lieutenant Governor; Wolcott then the curtains were drawn aside by a

detail from Roger Wolcott Camp, No. 26, i L. S. W. v., and after an address by Capt. Frederick A. g 1 Walker, Commander-in-Chief of that organization, g 1 His Excellency Curtis Guild, Jr., Governor, accepted g 1 the memorial in behalf of the Commonwealth. It g 1 consists of a bronze portrait statue of heroic size, the = 1 figure of the Governor being seated. The chair is a g M representation of the Governor's chair in the Council g g Chamber. The statue is mounted upon a pedestal g g of Tennessee marble against a Siena marble back- M 1 ground, and is flanked on either side by Tennessee g g marble pilasters, upon which are sculptured figures g M representing the soldier and sailor of the Spanish g g American War. g

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M ROGER WOLCOTT M I

M BORN JULY 13-1847 DIED DECEMBER 21-1900 M I OF MASSACHUSETTS m GOVERNOR g | 1897-1898 AND 1899 m | |

M (Inscription on the Frieze) 2 | M ERECTED WITH OFFERINGS FROM THOUSANDS OF Ml

M MASSACHUSETTS PEOPLE ^ | THEIR ADMIRATION FOR GOVERNOR J TO EXPRESS LOVE AND g |

= WOLCOTT = I HIS OF M TO KEEP BEFORE FUTURE GENERATIONS HIGH EXAMPLE ^ |

M CIVIC VIRTUE g I

M AND TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN OF MASSACHUSETTS M I

M WHO SERVED IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN IN 1898 M I

corridors between the House of Repre- g The g |

M sentatives and department of the Secretary of the g | lighted mainly from a stained- H Commonwealth are g | ceiling^ H glass window. In the arched panels of the g |

B appear the names of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, M I and Otis, patriot leaders in H Joseph Warren James g |

M the Revolution. These panels are also adorned g | of education, science, commerce, B with emblems g | agriculture, machinery, war, peace. g g j

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first of Representatives met 14, g The House May g |

M 1634. For some years the Assistants and Deputies g I

together in and voted together, the B sat one room g | g 1 Frescoes by Frank Hill Smith. g |

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majority of the whole deciding a vote; but in 1644 the branches separated and the House of Deputies,

for the first time sitting and acting Sergeant- apart from the Assistants, appointed a at-Arms Department Doorkeeper. From that year to the present the line has not been broken,

as the following list will show : —

1644-51. Samuel Greene, Doorkeeper. 1651-59, Edward Micheson, Messenger. 1659-93. John Marshall. Messenger. 1693-1713 James Maxwell. Doorkeeper and Messenger. 1713-15. Samuel Maxwell. Doorkeeper. 1715-26. John Flagg, Doorkeeper. 1726-48. Richard Hubbard. Doorkeeper.

1 748-50. Abraham Belknap. Doorkeeper. 1750-86. William Baker, Doorkeeper and Messenger. 1774-78. (Provincial Congress). Jeremiah Hunt. Door- keeper. (At Cambridge) (Provincial Congress). '"Mr. Dar- ling," Doorkeeper. 1786-1835 Jacob Kuhn.i Messenger. 1835-59. Benjamin Stevens. Sergeant-at-Arms. 1859-75. John Morrissey. Sergeant-at-Arms. 1875-86. Oreb F. Mitchell. Sergeant-at-Arms.

Adams. i Sergeant-at- I 886- I 900 (October 19). John G. B. Arms.

1900, . (October 24)-! 901 (January 2). Charles G. Davis, Acting Sergeant-at-Arms. 1901-1904 Charles G. Davis. Sergeant-at-Arms.

^ 1 904— 1 9 1 o David T. Remington, Sergeant-at-Arms. 1910-1920 (Feb. 22) Thomas F. Pedrick.i Sergeant-at-Arms.

12) I I. 1920. , (Mar. — qi James Beatty. Sergeant-at-Arms. 19^1. Charles O. Holt. Sergeant-at-Arms.

The pay of Samuel Greene was "2s p day,

with diett &Z lodginge." Greene and Edward Micheson served under the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the Court met in the old First Church

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B on Washington Street; John Marshall served under | m the Province, and was custodian of the first Town M J House (built 1657); James Maxwell and Richard g H Hubbard were messengers respectively when the first M

and second Town Houses were burned ( 7 1 1 and g 1 g I 1747); Abraham Belknap became custodian of the M = present "old State House" ^ (built 1748); William | g Baker was evidently custodian of the buildng during M M the siege of Boston; Jacob Kuhn served in the | M State Street building, as well as the Bulfinch State M M House. M

M March 2, 1798, the agents were directed to build M g a house for the Messenger. It was situated on the = g easterly side of Hancock Street, No. 46, not far g B below the present Hancock Street entrance of the M I State House, and Mr. Kuhn lived in it for many g M years. Benjamin Stevens also resided there until g g 1848, but the property having been sold the pre- M g vious year to the water commissioners of the city M m of Boston, the Commonwealth purchased the estate g g No. 12 Hancock Street, under a resolve of April 13, g g 1847, and this was kept as the residence of the M M Sergeant-at-Arms until ordered sold, April 6, 1859. g g Portraits of seven of the officers who served between g g 1786 and 1920 are in the Sergeant-at-Arms' office. The g g crayon of Benjamin Stevens was given by Charles g g Edward Stevens. The oil paintings of John G. B. g g Adams, Darius Cobb, artist, of David T. Remington g g 1 The old State House was built within the walls of its g ^ predecessor, erected in 171 3, and on the site of the Town House g g of 1657. ^

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M and Thomas F. Pedrick, John L. Findlay, artist, M M were presented by the Sergeant-at-Arms' appointees, H. I May 6, iqoi, June ii, igo6, and June 13, iqio, ( B respectively. M ^

M Those who are interested in heating and lighting M = should visit the engine and dynamo rooms. A few m M words only are necessary to show the progress in | B this department. There were fireplaces originally M M in the Bulfinch building, wood being used entirely M M for fuel. Later on came stoves and open grates, H M then hot-air furnaces. A hot-water heating appara- m tus was installed in the Bryant addition, M

Heating and went into operation in January, 1855; M and Lighting but it was not until the alterations of M 1867-68 that the entire State House was M M heated by steam. The central avenue leading from M M Beacon Street to the State House, Doric Hall, m M the House of Representatives, and certain passage- J

^ m ways were first lighted by gas in 1 849 ; the Senate, g

1. for M in 1 85 2 The House was wired electricity in M M 1883; the Senate, a few years later; and when the M M extension was built, an electric plant with 9,500 M m incandescent lights was installed; the capacity has | M since been increased to about 12,500 lamps. In J g iqo2 a coal pocket was built under the park. It is | M 106' long, 76' wide and iq' 6" high in the centre. M M Basing the cubic contents of a ton of coal at 32 cubic m M feet, the pocket will contain 4,500 tons. There are M g 1 Chapter 6y, Resolves of 1849. * Chapter 67, Resolves of i8yi. M

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I now eleven passenger elevators in the building; the g M first two were installed in 1885. M g There are two interesting iron chests in the private M g office of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. They M g were discovered in iqoo by former Treasurer Edward M g S. Bradford, when he was rearranging the basement g g storeroom of his department. The smaller one was = g open and empty. The larger was locked, and there M g was a blank escutcheon, with guard, on the front. B g Examination disclosed a hidden spring, for a portion g g of the iron belting on the top yielded to pressure and g g snapped back, revealing the true keyhole. From = M under the cover — the keyhole being on Treasury the top of the slip g chest — bolts out at Chests g intervals along the front and sides, catch- ing securely g beneath the iron edges of the chest; projec- g |

tions also fit g underneath the rear edge, thus pro- g | tecting that side of the box; the iron sheathing, g g | which protects g the lock system, on the inside of the M |

= cover, is decorated, crowns two being the most promi- g |

r-^nt part of the is 2' 8" g work. The smaller chest g |

long, i6>^" wide larger is 3' g and i6>^" deep; the g |

I 6" 20" g long, ' wide and deep. The larger chest con- g I tains a covered box, lock all iron, g with and key, of g | which presumably for specie. g was used This chest g | also protected an old heavy box, which con- g wooden g | tained notes. g bonds, Continental money, consolidated g | army notes and bills of exchange, ranging from g 1747 g | to 1817,^ and as many of them had not been can- g g | g 1 Senate files No. 8458. Jan. iq, 1828. report of Committee as to g I certain articles in the Treasury. ^ ^ |

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M celled, Treasurer Bradford resealed the box and J B placed it in the Treasury vault. Each of these chests g M has its key; also heavy wrought iron handles on the | H ends, with two hasps, for padlocks, on the front; the M I rust of years was removed by sandblast, and the sur- M M faces lacquered. It is not known how long ago these g M relics first came into the possession of the State, but g M perhaps they were removed from the old State House | H when the Bulfinch State House was first occupied in M M 1798, and in the early days they undoubtedly held H H the money and valuable papers of the Treasury. g m A silk service flag, containing eleven stars attesting J p to the patriotic response of members of the House of H Representatives to the call of their country, g Service was given by Mrs. John H. Sherburne, of Flags m Brookline. She presented it in the House m B Chamber at the session of May 2, 1Q18; it was ac- M M cepted by Hon. Joseph E. Warner, Speaker, and M M dedicated in prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Daniel W. g I Waldron. 1 | I Another service flag, representing three hundred m M and fifty-four employees, was dedicated Oct. 18, iqiS, | M by His Excellency Samuel W. McCall, Governor, and | I the State House Commission. m S A military map of the territory occupied by the M H Armies of the World War, showing the order of battle M H on the Western Front, at 11 a.m., Nov. ii, iqi8, g S was presented by Lieutenant Colonel Donald B. g g Sanger, of Cambridge, Mass. g

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M A bronze tablet, given by the friends of the Massa- B m chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to m g Animals, ^ and placed in the East Wing M entrance, was dedicated. Mar. 30, iqio. Animals in World M It was presented by Dr. Francis H. War M Rowley, President of the Society, unveiled m by Miss Eugenia Frothingham, and accepted by His m M Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor. | M (Inscription) | M THIS TABLET = = IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY ^ = OP THE HORSES, DOGS AND OTHER ^ ^ ANIMALS WHOSE FAITHFUL SERVICE, ^ ^ WHOSE SUFFERINGS AND WHOSE M ^ DEATH WERE PART OF THE PRICE ^ ^ PAID IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR ^ ^ 1914-1919, WAGED IN BEHALF OF THE ^ ^ LIBERTIES OF MANKIND. g J Below the inscription are the seals of the Massachu- M I setts Society, and of the American Humane Education H B Society. M

I Dr. Rowley said, in part, — "Never before, I think, | I has State or Nation by act of its legislative body B M granted place within its capitol for a memorial to per- M M petuate the memory of those lowlier fellow-creatures B M whose faithful service, whose sufferings and death B of the price in g were a part paid defence of its liberties. . . M M In the years to come, as through these halls teachers B I from our public schools lead their pupils, pointing out B J the memorials of historic interest, they will pause a M B moment here to teach anew the lesson of our kinship B g with the life below us, and speak of its claim upon us B g for justice and compassion." B g I Chapter 67, Resolves of iqiq. J

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In accepting the tablet, Governor Coolidge said that

"Those whom this tablet honors will never know its

meaning, its significance, or even of its

Animals existence, but we can understand what it in World War means and how much was done for the benefit of mankind by these creatures who

suffered for our sakes. We can show our own worthi- ness by an appreciation of what these creatures did,

and how they suffered for our welfare. I accept this tablet as characteristic of the teachings of the Com-

monwealth. I accept it with an acknowledgment of the generosity that prompted those who have made

it possible. I accept it as an expression of all that is highest and noblest in the history of the Common- wealth." A bronze tablet ^ is to be placed on Endicott near the west arch entering the Memorial the wall Senate Staircase Hall. I TABLET I I HENRY BRADFORD ENDICOTT g M PATRIOT — ADMINISTRATOR — LOYAL, CITIZEN = ^ EXECUTIVE ^ ^ OP g M THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY ^ M FEBRUARY 10, 1917 — NOVEMBER 20, 1918. g = IN A SEASON OF GREAT NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND CIVIL STRESS, J ^ A LEADER OF THE HOME ARMY, ^ M HE PLACED HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITIES, HIS ENERGIES, HIS LIFE M ^ AT THE SERVICE OP THE STATE. ^ M BY HIS EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE g § HE INSPIRED HIS FELLOW MEN TO SUPREME EFFORT IN BEHALF ^ = OF COUNTRY, OP PRINCIPLE AND OP EIGHT. ^ M IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY g M THIS TABLE IS DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. ^ M BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1853 — DIED FEBRUARY 12, 1920. g B Above the inscription, there will be a bas-relief of Mr. g g Endicott. I M 1 Chapter bzq. Acts of iqio. g

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A statue in plaster of Mrs. Anne Marbury Hutch-

inson, ^ modelled in 1914 by Cyrus E. Dallin, sculptor, stands on the second floor near the Guild Memorial. The Statue Fund Mrs. Anne Marbury Committee intend to replace it by a Hutchinson permanent statue in bronze. It was m unveiled June 17, 1920, presented by Walter K. | B Watkins, and accepted for exhibit by Walter Oilman M I Page, on behalf of the State Art Commission. The M M sculptor has placed beside the figure itself that of her M H little daughter, and has represented the mother stand- M g ing with head erect, clasping the Bible in her left M M arm, her right hand resting on the shoulder of the M J little girl. The costumes are those of the seventeenth M M century, — the full skirt and basque, the long cloak B M and the hood-shaped cap. g

M The Commonwealth has in its possession, as a M M loan from the United States government, a smooth m g bore, bronze gun of 8.5 caliber, weighing 6,400 M M pounds, and inscribed "Conde De Ezpeleta, 1808. m m No. 84q6-Sevilla 11 De Julio De 1848. Bronces g I Refundidos." It is an old Spanish piece, received M M at the New York Navy Yard Oct. 25, i8qq, from M M Cuba, by U. S. Army Transport "McPherson". m B The loan was acknowledged by His Excellency John M I L. Bates, Governor; the gun was received by the M

M Sergeant-at-Arms in February, 1 903 ; also the bow g g ornament of the battleship "Massachusetts," loaned B g by the Navy Department, April 5, 1913, — the center | M in the form of a shield, ornamented by an eagle, and M I surrounded with elaborately wrought scroll work. g M * See Appendix. M

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I THE STATE HOUSE | g The National and State flags carried by the Massa- M m chusetts veterans of the Civil War during the fiftieth g g anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, July i to 4, J M 1Q13, were placed in the custody of the Sergeant-at- M M Arms Sept. 3, iqi 3, by vote of the Governor and Coun- J M cil; a State flag, presented by Miss Fanny Brooks, of H m Milton, and accepted by the Executive Council on M g March 24, IQI 5; a National flag, of thirteen stars and B M thirteen stripes, once owned by Jeremiah Coney, of M I Charlestown, who served on the "Constitution" m

M through the War of 1 8 1 2, — presented by Mrs. Alice J B M Durgin, of Stoneham, Jan. 2, iqi8, and another flag of M g the same design, presented by Mrs. Clara A. Zoller, of g H Brighton, Oct. 24, iqiS; portraits of John Adams, H M second President of the United States, William Shirley, M M Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the J M Province of Massachusetts Bay and Sir William Pep- M g perrell, Bart., Colonel of one of His Majesties' Regi- M = ments of Foot, Lieutenant Governor and Commander- M I in-Chief, — presented by Mrs. Frederick Lewis Gay, M M of Annisquam, July ig, iqiS; also a hickory cane M M presented by Milton Robinson, a Kentucky slave, who m M escaped to Indiana; he came to Boston, enlisted in M M the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer In- g g fantry, and served throughout the war. The gift was M g accepted by His Excellency Eben S. Draper, Cover- M M nor, on June 30, igio. Mr. Robinson lived at the g M Soldiers' Home, Lafayette, Indiana, which stands near M g the battlefield of Tippecanoe, and from a grove on the J g edge of that battlefield he procured the hickory from M

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M which the cane was made, and adorned it with its own | 3 twigs, using the colors red, white and blue; it bears a M S carved National flag, and the initial of his company M m "F", with the number of the regiment. | g A sun dial was presented by The Right Honorable B M Earl Spencer, G. C. V. O., Althorp Park, North- g g ampton, England, through Hon. Walter Hines Page, B M Ambassador of the United States at the Court at St. M M James's. In his letter of transmittal, Dec. 26, igi 7, the | M Earl wrote that, — | g "About twenty years ago a sun dial was found cast away in g M the rick yard of one of the farm houses in Little Brington. not M g far from the Washington house in that village. This sun dial is in M g my possession and I think that there can be hardly any doubt of g = its having belonged to Robert Washington, who was uncle of the = g emigrant. John Washington. The arms are the same as those g g on the Washington memorial stones in Brington Church. The g g initials "R. E." under "W" all point to the sun dial having be- M g longed to Robert and Elizabeth Washington, and the date carved M g in the stone, '"1617". corroborates this theory, as both Robert M g and Elizabeth did not die until 1622 Naturally in M g three hundred years the original sun dial has become damaged. g g and some part of the escutcheon has been nearly worn away, but § g 1 have had the facsimile made as like as possible to what the M

original must have been in . . . g 161 7 arid I wonder if I might g g have the pleasure of asking Your Excellency to accept this copy g g for transmission when possible (probably after the War), to the M g United States when perhaps it might be placed somewhere near S M those facsimiles given by my brother."! g g The sun dial was received by His Excellency Calvin M g Coolidge, Governor, July 8, iqiq. B

M An American garrison flag, bunting, was presented M g to His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor, Decern- M g ! See page 39. g

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M ber 22, 1920, through Walter A. Robinson, chairman |

M of the Memorial Commission for Massachusetts Dead | in Foreign Countries. This flag I of the World war | soldier M had covered the casket of a Massachusetts |

M and was conveyed to the Governor in behalf of the |

M American Graves Registration Service in Europe, to | Service the report m express the gratification of this at |

M of the Commission and at the thoughtfulness of the |

M Commonwealth in providing for the examination they | m made. Governor Coolidge receiving it with "honor | affection." M and with |

M In addition to the gifts indicated on page 103, | to M there is a medal and a diploma awarded Massachu- |

I setts by the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, |

B 191 5; four medals awarded to the State Department | Francaise, Exposition Uni- M of Health: — Republique |

M verselle Internationale, iqoo, Bureau D'Hygiene De |

B L'Etat De Massachusetts; Louisiana Purchase Expo- |

M sition, 1Q04; Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, |

M IQ05; International Congress on Tuberculosis, iqo8. |

H Later gifts are a medal of honor presented by The |

B Congress of the United States to Sergeant Benjamin |

H H. J ellison, Company C, iqth Massachusetts Volunteer |

M Infantry, for meritorious services during the battle of | 2 1863, M Gettysburg, July and 3, — given by Mr. Jelli- | M son Feb. i, iq2i; a mortar moulded in the winter of | g 1863-64 in front of Petersburg, Va., by George F. | I Bowles, of the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; | M the mortar and carriage were made of bullets picked |

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M up by him at the time, and were presented by his B M grandson, George Andrew Bowles, of Somerville, M M Feb, 17, IQ2I. B

M Several departments have portraits of the gentle- M M nien who have presided over their offices, — Agricul- M M ture, Attorney General, Auditor, Education, Grand M M Army, Insurance, Public Safety, Secretary of the m g Commonwealth, Surgeon General, Tax Commissioner = g and Treasurer. The Senate and House of Represen- g g tatives have a number of group photographs, including g g one of the members of the House of 1885 and 1886, g g Hon. John Q. A. Brackett, Speaker, presented by H S Mrs. Brackett, July 11, ic)i8. M

B The remaining portions of the building are de- M M voted to departments and committee rooms. In one M g of the latter — Senate committee on street railways, M I No. 433 — is a skylight on which have been painted M g the names of Adams, Pickering, Webster, Cabot, Strong, Bates, Davis, Silsbee, Otis, United g States I Vamum, Mason, Hoar, Lodge, Dawes, Senators = Foster, Dexter, Rockwell, Everett, Sum- g ner, Wilson, Boutwell, Goodhue, Washburn, Sedgwick, M g Rantoul, Winthrop, Choate, Dalton, Mills, Mellen, M g Ashmun, Gore, Lloyd, — United States Senators from M M Massachusetts. The door of this room contains glass M B panels with paintings of the "Mayflower, Plymouth, g I December XXI, MDCXX" and "Arbella, Salem, I June XII, MDCXXX." |

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The State coat-of-arms I M ornaments the balconies of M the I m east and west wings, and the Deme Street gate. M

The coat-of-arms of Boston, England, is the I g on | = Bowdoin Street gate; its heraldry is: — Sable. — I Three = ducal coronets in pale, or. Crest. — I On a woolpack, a B

I M ram couchant, or. Supporters.—Two mermaids proper, B I = ducally crowned, or. g

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(Placed near gates that mark the entrance ) i I g to the Hancock Mansion. M HERE I g STOOD THE RESIDENCE OF M JOHN I g HANCOCK M A PROMINENT I ^ AND PATRIOTIC = MERCHANT OF BOSTON, THE FIRST I M H SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OP I g g I M AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, AND g FIRST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS I ^ g I M UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION. =

g ERECTED 1737. REMOVED 1863. ^

H Just before going to press, a sword, with engraved J = scabbard, — worn by Thomas Jackson Gate, of Law- M g fence, Lieutenant in Company F, 6th Regt., Massa- M S chusetts Volunteer Infantry, during their march g I through Baltimore, April iq, i86i, — was presented M g by Mrs. Jesse M. Rutter, of Methuen, in behalf of M m Mrs. Thomas Jackson Cate, 2nd. It was accepted M g by His Excellency Channing H. Cox, Governor, on = H March 12, 1921. The deposit of this sword in the g g Senate Reception Room fulfills the wish of Lieutenant M m Cate^^that it be near the other relics of the 6th Regt. M

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APPENDIX I I ^ I I I I JOHN G. B. ADAMS I I | = Captain Nineteenth I Regiment Massachusetts | Volunteer Infantry, Civil war; I g Messenger to M Electoral College, I J 1868; inspector, Boston Cus- | torn House, 1877-78; postmaster at I J Lynn, 1878 m —Dec. 15, 1884 (resigned); deputy super- = I M intendent Massachusetts Reformatory, I g 1885; g sergeant-at-arms Massachusetts I m Legislature, g 1886-Oct. ig, iqoo; I g commander-in-chief G. A. g m R., i8g3-<)4- I I SAMUEL ADAMS I I | Clerk I g House of Representatives; Colonial Leg- H islature, 1765-74; Continental Congress, I g 1774- g 81; signer Declaration of Independence; I g as- g sisted in framing State I g Constitution, 1780; g president Senate, 1 g 1781-86, 1787-88; Council; g Massachusetts Ratifying I g Convention, 1788; lieu- M tenant governor, 1789-94; governor, I g 1794-97. g OLIVER AMES I I | Senate, 1880; lieutenant governor, I g 1883-87; g governor, 1887-89. I g g JOHN A. ANDREW I I | I m House of Representatives, 1858; Republican H

. National I g Convention, i860; "war governor" g of Massachusetts, 1861-65. I M B

NATHANIEL P. BANKS I I | House of Representatives, 1849-52; I g speaker, g 1 85 1, 52; Senate, president State I g 1874; Consti- g tutional Convention, 1853; Congress, I g 1853-57, m 1865-73, I g 1875-77, 1889-91; speaker National g House of Representatives, I m 1855-57; governor, g 1858-60; major-general. Civil I g war; U. S. mar- g shal, 1879-88; presidential elector, I g 1892. B

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I WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT 1 g Captain Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer In- g M fantry, Civil war, 1861; colonel Forty-ninth M = Infantry, 1862; colonel Fifty-seventh Infantry, M 5 1863; brigadier general, 1864; brevet major- g g general, 1865. g

I JOHN L. BATES | g Boston Common Council, i8qi, qz; House of g g Representatives, i8Q4-<)q; speaker, 1897, q8, g M qq; lieutenant governor, iqoo, 01, 02; governor, g g 1Q03, 04; president. State Constitutional Con- g M vention, 1917, 18, iq. J

I GEORGE S. BOUTWELL | g House of Representatives, 1842-44, 1847-50; g g bank commissioner, 1849-50; governor, 1851, g g 52; State Constitutional Convention, 1853; Re- g g publican National Convention, i860; secretary g g Board of Education, 1855-61; commissioner in- g g temal revenue, 1862, 63; Congress, 1863-69; g g secretary of treasury, 1869-73; U. S. Senate, g = 1873-77; codified Statutes at large, 1877; J g counsel for United States before French and g g American Claims Commission, 1 880. g

I JAMES BOWDOIN | g General Court, 1753-56, 1769; Council, 1756, g g 1769, 1770-74; president Provisional Council, g g 1775; presided over State Constitutional Con- B g vention, 1780; governor, 1785-87; Massachu- g g setts Ratifying Convention, 1788, |

I JOHN Q. A. BRACKETT | g Boston Common Council, 1873-76, president, g g 1876; judge advocate general. First Brigade, M m M. V. M., 1874; House of Representatives, g g 1877-81, 1884-86; speaker, 1885, 86; lieu- g I tenant governor, 1887, 88, 89; governor, 1890. g

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I SIMON BRADSTREET 1 \ Assistant judge first court in the Colony, g 1630; g \ agent and secretary of Massachusetts; m gover- g \ nor's assistant and J commissioner to the United M \ Colonies, 1650; agent for Colonies g in England, g i 1662; deputy governor, g 1678-79; governor, g i 1679-86; 1689-92. g m \

I GEORGE N. BRIGGS | I Register of 1- m deeds, 1824-31; Congress, 183 | i 43; governor, 1844-50; State Constitutional g g I Convention, 1853; justice Court of g Common g I Pleas, 1853-59. g g I JOHN BROOKS I | | Colonel in Revolutionary army; J major-general B [ m Massachusetts Militia; House of Representa- g f tives; m Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, g [ 1788; Senate; Council; marshal g and inspector g I of m revenue, 1795; adjutant-general, 181 2-1 5; g I governor, 1816-23. g g i CHARLES I BULFINCH | | Architect. g (See page 37.) B I

ALEXANDER H. I BULLOCK g | House of Representatives, g 1845-48, 1861-65, B ^ speaker, g 1862-65; Senate, 1849; commissioner g I of insolvency, g 1853-56; judge of insolvency, g I m 1856-58; mayor of Worcester, 1859; governor, g I g 1866-68. m I ANSON BURLINGAME I | | B Senate, 1852; member of convention for revis- S | ing State Constitution, g 1853; Representative in g I Congress, 1855-61; minister to g China, 1861-67, B 1 when he framed articles g supplementary to the B 1 treaty of 1858, which was China's , first formal g g | recognition g of international law, and was known g I as the Burlingame g treaty; concluded in behalf g i of China, treaties g with United States, England, g I Sweden, g Prussia, Holland, Denmark. g I

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WILLIAM BURNET I | | Governor of g New York and New Jersey, 1720- M | governor of Massachusetts, I 28; 1728-29; died in M I office, g September 2, 1729. g |

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER I | | H House of Representatives and State Constitu- g I tional M Convention, 1853; Senate, 1859; Demo- M | cratic g National Convention, i860; major-general g | in the Civil 1867- g war; member of Congress g | ^'^77-7^', governor, g 75, 1883. g |

H. CLIFFORD I JOHN | | of Representatives, district attorney, g House 1835; g | Senate, attorney-general, 1849- g 1839-49; 1845; | | g 53, 1854-58; governor, 1853; president Senate, g I 1862. g g I DAVID COBB I I I g Provincial Congress, 1775; officer of continental g \ g army; brevet brigadier general, 1783; judge g \ Pleas, g Court of Common 1784-96; speaker g I House of Representatives, 1789-93; Congress, g g | Senate, eastern district of Maine; g 1793-95; g | president Senate, 1801-05; chief justice Han- g g | of Pleas, g cock County (Maine) Court Common g | g 1803-09; lieutenant governor, 1809-10; Board g | I of Military Defence, 181 2; Council, 1808-10, g I 1812-18. g g I

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1 CALVIN COOLIDGE | B Northampton City Council, iSqg, and City | M Solicitor, igoo, oi; Clerk of Courts, Hampshire g M County, 1Q03; House of Representatives, iqo/, g g 08; mayor, Northampton, iqio, 11; Senate, g I ic)i2, 13, 14, 15; president of Senate, 1(514,15; g S lieutenant-governor, iqi6, 17, 18; governor, g g igiQ-20; elected vice-president of the United g M States, Nov. 2, 1920; inaugurated March 4, 1921. g I CHANNING H. COX | B Boston Common Council, iqo8, oq; House of Rep- g sentatives, iqio-iqiS; speaker, IQ15, 16, 17, 18; g g 1- g lieutenant-governor, iQiq, 20; governor, I q2 . g I WINTRHOP MURRAY CRANE | g Republican National Convention and National g g Committee, i8q2, i8q6, iqo4; lieutenant-gov- m g ernor, i8q7-iqoo; governor, iqoo, 01, 02; United g m States senator, I qo4-i 3. g I JOHN DAVIS I g Congress, 1825-34; governor, 1834, 35, 41, g g 42; U. S. Senate, 1835-41, 1845-53. g I DENYS DE BERDT | M A merchant of London engaged in American g g trade; agent for the colonies of Massachusetts g g and Delaware at the court of Great Britain g = during the passage and repeal of the Stamp Act. g I CHARLES DEVENS | M Senate, 1848, 4q; U. S. Marshal, i84q-53; briga- g g dier general and brevet major-general in Civil g g war; U. S. attorney-general, 1877-81; justice g g Supreme Judicial Court, 1873-77, i88i-qi. g I WILLIAM L. DOUGLAS | M Brockton Common Council, 1882, 83, qi; mayor, g g i8qo; House of Representatives, 1883, 84; g g Democratic National Convention, 1884, q2, q6, g g iqo4; National (gold) Democratic Convention, g g i8q6; Senate, 1886; governor, iqo5. g

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REV. EDMUND DOWSE I I | Senate, i86q, chaplain of Senate, 1880- I m 70; g I M January 14, 1Q04. M

EBEN S. DRAPER I I | Republican National Convention, i8q6; presi- i B J Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association I M dent g M during Spanish American war; lieutenant gov- I g governor, iqoq, 10. I g emor, 1Q06, 07, 08; M JOSEPH DUDLEY I I | M Deputy, 1673-75; commissioner to treat with I g assistant, 1676- 1 g Narragansett Indians, 1675; g in England, president of I g 85; agent 1682; g Colony, 25-Dec. 20, 1686; Council, 1686; I g May M appointed chief justice Massachusetts Superior I g g I M Court, 1687; chief justice of New York, i6qo- g governor, 1702-15. \ M Q3; M WILLIAM DUMMER 1 I | Lieutenant governor, 1716-30; acting governor, I M M I M 1722-28, 1 729-30; Council, 1738-39. g ENDECOTT I I JOHN |

I B Governor, 1629-30, 1644-45, 1649-50, 1651-54, M 1655-65; Court of Assistants, 1630-34; con- I g g ducted expedition against Pequot Indians, 1636; I g =g I m deputy governor, 1641-44, 1650-51, 1654-55; major-general colonial troops, 1645. I g S WILLIAM EUSTIS I I | Revolutionary army; with expedition against I g g insurgents in Shay's rebellion, 1786-87; House I g g Representatives, Council two years; = I g of 1788-94; Congress, 1801-05, 1820-23; secretary of war, I g g 1809-12; U. S. minister to Holland, 181 5-18; I g g I g governor, 1823-25. g EDWARD EVERETT I 1 g governor, I g Congress, 1825-35; 1836-40; minister M ig to England, 1841-45; U. S. secretary of state, g 1852-53; U. S. Senate, 1853-54. I a g

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I EUGENE N. FOSS | I Congress, iqio; governor, igii, iqi2, IQ13. B

I BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | I Chosen clerk of Pennsylvania Assembly in 1736 B g and postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737; post- M g master-general 1753-54; colonial agent of Perm- M g sylvania in England, 1757-62, 1764-75; speaker g M of assembly; agent for New Jersey, Georgia m g and Massachusetts in Great Britain; Continental M m Congress, 1775-7^'. president of Pennsylvania m g Constitutional Convention, 1776; one of com- M = mittee of five to frame Declaration of Independ- M g ence; envoy from colonies to France, 1776; with M g Arthur Lee and Silas Deane concluded treaty M g with France, signed Feb. 6, 1778; commissioned M g February, 1779, first U, S. minister plenipoten- M g tiary at the French Court; with John Adams g g and John Jay concluded with England the treaty g of =g Paris, Sept. 3, 1783; Council of Pennsylvania, g 1785; president of Pennsylvania, 1786, 87, 88; g g Federal Constitutional Convention, May, 1787. g

I THOMAS GAGE | M Governor of Montreal, 1760; commander-in- M g chief of British forces in North America, 1763- g g 72, 1775; governor, 1774; returned to England g g in 1775; general, 1783. g

1 HENRY J. GARDNER | g Boston Common Council, 1850-54; House of B g Representatives, 1851, 52; State Constitutional g g Convention, 1853; governor, 1855, 56, ^7. m

I WILLIAM GASTON | g City solicitor of Roxbury five years; mayor, m g 1861-62; mayor of Boston, 1871-72; House of g g Representatives, 1853, 54. 5^i Senate, 1868; g g governor, 1875. m

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CHRISTOPHER GORE ' I I | Ratifying Convention, 1788; U. S. f B Massachusetts g commissioner to I m district attorney, 1789-96; g spoliation claims against Eng- I g settle American g I m land, 1 796-1 804; charge d'affaires, 1803-04; g S. Senate, 181 3-16; presi- I M governor, 1809-10; U. g dential elector, 181 7, j M g

FREDERIC T. GREENHALGE I I | Lowell Council, 1868, 69; school I g Common g committee, 1871-73; justice police court, 1874- I g g= i g 84; commissioner of insolvency and mayor, of Repre- I g 1880-81; city solicitor, 1888; House g Congress, 1889-91; governor, I M sentatives, 1885; g I g 1894-March 5, 1896. g

CURTIS GUILD, Jr. I I | M Battalion Cavalry, A, Nov. i, 1891; I First g lieutenant. I g private, corporal; second May 7, g brigadier general, inspector general I g 1895; g Rifle Practice, Massachusetts, Jan. 7, 1897; I H g I g first lieutenant, adjutant. Sixth Regiment, g 22, 1898; resigned. Mar. 3, 1899; major- I g Apr. g lieutenant- I g general retired, Jan. 7, 1909; g general, inspector general's I g colonel, inspector g S. Vol- = I g department. Seventh Army Corps, U. I g unteers. May 9, 1898; resigned Feb. 23, 1899; g = I g chairman Republican State Convention, 1895; lieuten- I g Republican National Convention, 1896; M i g ant governor, 1903, 04, 05; governor, 1906, 07, g I g 08; ambassador to the Mexican Centennial, 1910; g to Russia, 191 1-191 3. I B ambassador g

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JOHN HANCOCK I I | Selectman of Boston; General Assembly of I g B Province, 1766-72; Council; president Pro- I g g vincial Congress, Continental I g 1774, 75; Con- g gress, i775-§o; and its president, I g 1775-77: M first signer of Declaration of I M Independence; M major-general Massachusetts militia, I g 1776; M I M Speaker, 1779, 80; State Constitutional Conven- M tion, president I g 1780; Massachusetts Ratifying M Convention, 1788; first governor of Massachu- I g g setts under the State Constitution, 1780-85; I g g also 1787-93. I g g

FRISBIE I I GEORGE HOAR | I g House of Representatives, 1852; Senate, 1857; g city solicitor of Worcester, i860; Congress, I g g = 1869-77; U. S. Senate, electoral I 1877-1904; g commission, 1876; presided over State Repub- I g g lican Convention 82, I g 1871, 77, 85; Republican g National Convention, I g 1876, 80, 84, 88, presiding g i M over convention of 1880. M

JOSEPH HOOKER Captain First U, S. Artillery, 1842; Mexican war; brevet captain, 1846; brevet major and brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1847; brigadier general U. S. Volunteers, 1861, and major-general. May 5, 1862; brigadier general U. S. Army, Sept. 20, 1862; commander Army of the Poto- mac, 1863; brevet major-general U. S. Army, 1865; mustered out as major-general U. S. Volunteers, 1866; retired as major-general U. S. Army, 1868.

i MRS. ANNE MARBURY HUTCHINSON g g Came to Boston in 1634; took an active part in g g the religious thought of her time and because of = g her teachings, met trial in November, 1637, was g g excommunicated and banished from the colony. g

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I THOMAS HUTCHINSON | H Selectman of Boston, 1737; House of Repre- g M sentatives, 1737-38, 1740-49; speaker, 174^ M m 48; commissioner to adjust boundary between g = Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1740; to g M treat with Indians at Casco Bay, i74Q; Council, g g 1749; justice Court of Common Pleas; commis- g M sioner to Albany Congress, 1754; lieutenant m g governor, 1758-71; acting governor, 1760, g M 1769-71; chief justice Superior Court of Judi- g g cature, 1761-69; governor, 1771-74. g

I JACOB KUHN I B Assistant messenger to the General Court, 1781- g H 86; messenger, 1786-183 5; elected messenger g m of convention that ratified Federal Constitution, g M Jan. Q, 1788. m

I MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE (MARIE JEAN PAUL | 1 ROCH IVES GILBERT MOTIER) | H Espoused cause of Americans at outbreak of g = Revolution; appointed major-general in Conti- g g nental Army, July 31, 1777- g

I JOHN LEVERETT | = With expedition against Narragansetts ; deputy g M in General Court, 1651-53, 1663-65; speaker g M portion of the time; colonial agent in England, g B 1655-62; Council, 1665-71 ; major-general colonial g g militia, 1663-73; deputy governor, 1671-73; g g acting governor, 1672; governor, 1673-79; justice g g Superior Court of Judicature, 1702-08. g

I ABRAHAM LINCOLN | B Appointed postmaster of New Salem, III., 1833; M M House of Representatives, 1834-35; elector on g a Whig ticket when Gen. William Henry Harri- g g son was candidate for president; Congress, g B 1846, serving one term; sixteenth president g 1 U. S. 1861-ApriI 15. 1865. g

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LEVI LINCOLN I I | Senate, 1 812-13; House of Representatives, I g g 1814-18, 1820-23; speaker, 1822-23; Conven- I g J lieu- I g tion to revise State Constitution, 1820; M I M tenant governor, 1823-24; justice Supreme M governor, I m Judicial Court, 1824-25; 1825-34; J I M Congress, 1836-41; collector port of Boston, M 1841-43; Senate, 1844, president Senate, I g 45; M I m 1845; presided over Electoral College, 1848; M I g also elector, 1823 and 1864. m JOHN D. LONG I I | [ -^ House of Representatives, 1875-78; speaker, B 1876, 78; lieutenant governor, 1879; gov- = I J 77, = I g ernor, 1880-83; Congress, 1883-89; secretary I g of the navy, 1 8g7-May i , 1 902 (resigned) g HORACE MANN I I |

I M House of Representatives, 1827-33; Senate, H I g 1833-37; president Senate, 1836, 37; secre- M I g tary Board of Education, 1837-48; Congress, g

1848-53. • I I I SAMUEL WALKER McCALL I I | of Representatives, I H House 1888, 8q, Q2;Repub- H

I = lican National Convention, 1888, iqoo; Congress, M I g 1893-1913; governor, 1 916, 17, 18. g MARCUS MORTON t I | Clerk Senate, 1811-12; Congress, I g 18 17-21; M Council, lieutenant I g 1823; governor, 1824, 25 M (acting governor); justice I g Supreme Judicial g Court, I g 1825-40; governor, 1840, 43; collector, g port of I g Boston, 1845-48; State Constitutional g I g Convention, 1853; House of Representatives, M ^858. I 1 I THOMAS F. PEDRICK I I | Messenger, House of I I Representatives, 1884- J 1 901; assistant doorkeeper, 1 door- I g 901-1904; g keeper, 1904-1910; sergeant-at-arms, Massa- I B g chusetts Legislature, I m 1910-Feb. 22, 1920. g I THE STATE HOUSE I

I I BENJAMIN T. PICKMAN | = I House of Representatives, 182Q-30; Senate, M I g 1831-35; president Senate, 1833, 34, 35. M

ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr. I I | House of Representatives, 1835-38; Board of I I ( Education, U. S. District attorney, 1845- I g 1837; J U. S. Senate, 1851; Congress, 1851-52. I g 49; g

DAVID T. REMINGTON I I | Corporal, Thirty first Regiment, Massachusetts I I M Infantry, Civil war; messen- I m Volunteer Senate M ger, i8QO-q3; Senate doorkeeper, i8g3-icp4; I g | I M sergeant-at-arms, Massachusetts Legislature, M iC)04-iqio. I g g

ALEXANDER H. RICE I I |

I M President Boston Common Council; mayor Bos- g M Congress, Philadelphia I ton, 1855-56; 1859-67; g I g "Loyalists" Convention, 1868; Republican Na- M I g tional Convention, 1868; governor, 1876, 77, 78. g

GEORGE D. ROBINSON I I | Representatives, Senate, 1876; I B House of 1874; B i g Congress, 1877-84 (resigned); governor, 1884, m 85, 86. I 1 i

E. RUSSELL y I WILLIAM | Cambridge Common Council, 1882; alderman, I I g mayor, 1885-88; governor, 1891,92,93. I g 1883,84; g SCHOULER I I WILLIAM | Representatives, 1844-47, 1849-52; I M House of g Representatives, 1853; State I g clerk House of g Convention, Senate, 1868; I g Constitutional 1853; g adjutant-general, Ohio, 1857; adjutant-general, I B g 1860-66. I g Massachusetts, g

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ROBERT GOULD SHAW Captain Second Regiment and colonel Fifty- fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry in the Civil war. The Fifty-fourth was the first regiment of colored troops from a free State mustered into the United States service.

NATHANIEL SILSBEE

Congress, 1 817-21; House of Representatives,

1 821; president Senate, 1823-26; U. S. Senate, 1826-35; presidential elector, 1824 and 1836; president State Convention at Worcester, 1840;

Presidential Convention, 1 840.

REV. SAMUEL F. SMITH

Clergyman; author of "My Country, 'tis of Thee," etc.

THOMAS GREELY STEVENSON I 1 | Battalion, Massachusetts Volunteer M g Major Fourth | M Militia, 1861; colonel Twenty-fourth Massachur | I brigadier S setts Infantry, Civil war; promoted to m | First g general of volunteers, 1862; commanded g | M division, Ninth army corps, 1864; killed at ml M Spottsylvania, Va., 10, 1864. May | |

I CALEB STRONG | I M General Court during Revolution; county attor- | | ney, 1 776-1 800; State Constitutional Convention, g g | M 1780; Senate, 1780-89; Council, 1780; U. S. g | M Constitutional Convention, 1787; Massachusetts m l S. Senate, B Ratifying Convention, 1788; U. g | 1789-96; governor, 1800-07, 181 2- 16. g g |

GEORGE C. STRONG I | | Graduated from West Point in 1857; appointed B g | the and assigned to the g lieutenant in ordnance g | Arsenal; staff officer g command of Watervliet g |

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under Generals McDowell, McClellan and Butler; commissioned brigadier general of volunteers, Nov. 2q, 1862; commanded a brigade in the operations against Charleston, S. C; mortally- wounded while leading the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863; appointed major general of volunteers to rank as such from that date; died in New York City, July 30, 1863.

JAMES SULLIVAN

Provisional Congress, 1775; justice, Supreme Judicial Court, 1776-82; State Constitutional Convention, 1780; Continental Congress, 1782; Council, 1787; judge of probate; attorney- general, 1790-1807; House of Representatives; commissioner to fix boundary between United States and Canada, 1796; governor, 1807-08.

CHARLES SUMNER | U. S. Senate, 1851-March 11, 1874; abolitionist; g took part in Free Soil Convention at Lowell, g 1852; State Constitutional Convention, 1853. m i INCREASE SUMNER H Convention of 1777; State Constitutional Con- J vention, 1780; House of Representatives, 1776- M 7Q; Senate, 1780-82; justice Supreme Judicial g Court, 1782-97; one of Commission on Revision = of State Laws, 1785; Massachusetts Ratifying M Convention, 1788; governor, 1797-99.

I THOMAS TALBOT | M House of Representatives, 1851, 52; State Con- M M stitutional Convention, 1853; Council, 1864-69, J M lieutenant governor, 1873, 74; acting governor g g from May i, 1874; presidential elector, 1876 g m and 1884; governor, 1879. m

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I DAVID I. WALSH | iqoi I House of Representatives, iqoo, ; Demo- m = cratic National Convention, 1912; lieutenant m B governor, IQ13; governor, ic)i4, 15; U. S. Senate, B Convention, B iqiq— ; State Constitutional 1917, | 1 18, ig. m

I GEORGE WASHINGTON | B Adjutant Virginia troops, 1751; lieutenant- | g colonel, 1754; Virginia House of Burgesses and M M Continental Congress, 1774-75; commander- g B in-chief continental forces, 1775-83; president g B Constitutional Convention, 1787; deputy from g B Virginia; first president U. S., 1789-1797; g B lieutenant-general and commander-in-chief of g B army, 1798. g WASHBURN I B EMORY

I M House of Representatives, 1826-27, 38, 77; staff of Governor Lin- I g Senate, 1841, 42; aide on 1 B coin, 1830-34; judge Court of Common Pleas, Education; governor, i g 1844-47; Board of 1854.

I WILLIAM B. WASHBURN I g Senate, 1850; House of Representatives, 1854; g g Congress, 1862-72; governor, 1872-May i, 1874 g g (resigned); U. S. Senate, 1874-75- g = i4q g

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DANIEL WEBSTER

State Constitutional Convention and presidential elector, 1820; House of Representatives, 1822; Congress, from New Hampshire, 181 3-1 7; from Massachusetts, 1823-27; U. S. Senate, 1827-41, 1845-50; U. S. secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52.

HENRY WILSON

House of Representatives, 1841, 42, 46, 50; Senate, 1844, 45; president Senate, 1851, 52; State Constitutional Convention, 1853; U. S. Senate, 1855-73 (resigned); vice-president U. S., 1873-75-

JOHN ANCRUM WINSLOW

Appointed midshipman in the Navy 1827; lieutenant 1 839; served in the Mexican war; commander 1855; captain 1862; commodore 1864 and promoted to rear admiral in 1870. As commander of the U. S. S. "Kearsarge," he defeated the Confederate cruiser "Alabama," Captain Raphael Semmes, outside the harbor of Cherbourg, France, June iq, 1864.

• I JOHN WINTHROP | M Deputy governor, 1636-37, 1644-46; governor, B g 1630-34, 1637-40, 1642-44, 1646-49. =

I ROGER WOLCOTT | g Boston Common Council, 1877-80; House of M J Representatives, 1882-85; lieutenant-governor, M J 1893-97 (acting governor from March 5, 1896); M m governor, 1897, 98, 99. g

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Adams. John, 48. 114. 130. Army Nurses* Memorial Association Adams, Captain John G. B.. 3, 60, 1 16, Daughters of Veterans, 54-56. 122; portrait (Darius Cobb), 123; Art Commission, State, 17, 18, i2q. biography, 135. Baker, S. Burtis, artist, qi. Adams, Samuel. 7, 49, 86, 106, 121; Ball. Thomas, sculptor. 36. medallion, 51; portrait (Walter Gil- Banks. Nathaniel P.. 24, 28, iiq; man Page), qo; biography, 135. statue (Henry H. Kitson), dedica- Adjutant General's Department, — tion, 31; portrait (Daniel J. Strain). military records since 1780. photo- 44; biography. 135. graphs, portrait, 56. Barrows. Frank E.. 102. Alexander, Francis, artist, qj- Barry. Edward P.. 18. American Graves Registration Com- Bartlett. Major General William Fran- mission, 132. cis, 114; statue (Daniel Chester American Humane Education Society. French), dedication. 78, 79; biogra- 127. phy. 136. Ames, Mrs. Adelbert, 45. Bates, John L., 16, 30, 78, 8q, iiq; Ames, Joseph, artist, 105. portrait (William W. Churchill), 91; Ames, Oliver, 15; portrait (Charles A. biography, 136. Whipple), 45; bust (Robert Kraus), Bayard, Thomas F.. 112. 79; biography. 135. Beacon Hill. 5, 6, 33; Place, 14. Ames. Mrs. Oliver, 45, jq. Beacon Monument, 5; history, 31-33; Ames, Mrs. Sarah F., sculptor, 93. architect (Charles Bulfinch), 32; in- Andrew, John A., 27. q2, 114; statue scription (Charles W. Eliot). 33; (Thomas Ball), dedication, 36; por- tablets, 34, 35. trait (Darius Cobb). 44; address on Beatty, James, 4, 122. battle flags, 58; biography. 135. Belden, Charles F. D., 4. Andrew, John F.. 44. Benson, Frank W., artist, 45, 97. Animals in the World war. 127. 128. Bernard, Francis, 32, 85. Appleton, Gen. Francis H., 105. Bicknell, Albion H., artist, 90. Appropriations, — Land, 6; Bulfinch Bill, Richard, portrait (Henry E. Kin-

State House, 7 ; first fire proof edifice, ney, ), 91. 11; Bryant addition, 12; Washburn Bill, Ledyard, 91. alterations, 13; property takings, 13, Boston, Town of, 6, 33 ; Town House, 14, iq; extension, 14; grounds, 20; 47. 48, 116, 123; Council Chamber, preservation of Bulfinch State House, 48. 15, 16; Memorial Hall, jq; wings. Boston Water Commissioners, 123. 18, iq, 20; total, 21. Boutwell, George S., portrait (Freder- Architects. — Andrews, David H., ly; ick P. Vinton), 44; bust (Martin Andrews, Robert D.. 15, 17, 18; Milmore),93; biography, 136. Bacon, Henry. 120; Brigham, Bowdoin, James, 86; portrait (Edmund Charles, 14, 15; Bryant, Gridley J. C. Tarbell), 96; biography, 136. F., 12. 13. q4; Bulfinch, Charles, 7, Bowles, George F.. 132. 8,32,36,86,115; Chapman, William, Bowles, George Andrew, 133. 17, 18, 20; Cummings, Charles A., Brackett, John Q. A., 119, 133; portrait 15; Esty, Alexander R., 13; Everett, (Walter Gilman Page), 45 ; biography, Arthur G., 15, 16; Parris, Alexander, 136. q; Rogers, Isaiah, 10; Spofford.John Brackett. Mrs. John Q. A., 133. C., 15; Sturgis, R. Clipston, 17, 18; Brackett. Walter M., artist. 44; painted

Washburn & Son, William, 1 3 ; Whit- Codfish. 1 16. comb, E. Noyes. 15; Willard, Solo- Bradford. William, 112, 114; "History mon, 10. of Plimoth Plantation", 112. Architecture, Doric, 32, 36, 92; Ionic, Bradstreet, Simon, portrait. 95. 97; 47, q4; Corinthian, 23, 86, 113; biography. 137. cathedral, glass 46, 47. 57, 83. 84. 85, Brady, Matthew B., artist, 91. 112. 113. 121, 133; cornice, 23, 57, Briggs, George N., portrait (Walter M. qz; wood. 23. 103, 113; frieze, Brackett), 44; biography. 137. 1 3-1 1 15; ceilings. 57. 92, 112, 113, Brooks, Miss Fannie. 1 30. 121. Brooks. Francis, 96. Archives, State. 1 10, 1 1 1. Brooks, John, portrait (Jacob Wagner), Army Nurses' Memorial (Bela L. 96; biography, 137. Pratt), dedication, 54-56. Brooks, Peter C, 96. 1

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Brooks. Richard E., sculptor, 79. Q3. Corner Stone, Bulfinch State House, 7, Brooks, Shepherd. q6. 12; extension, 15; east wing, 18. Bryant, Wallace, artist, 105. Corner, Thomas C, artist. 56. Budd, F, W., qq. Cotton Hill, 5. Bulfinch, Charles, 5, 86; architect, 7, 8. Council, 8, 18, loq; photographs, 8q. 23, 32, 36, 86, 115; tablet, 37; por- Council Chamber, old. 48; Bulfinch, trait, 8q; biography. 37. 86; ornamentation, 86; chairs, 117. Bulfinch, Ellen S., 8q. Couper, William, sculptor, 53. Bullock, Alexander H., iiq; portrait Cox, Channing H., i3q. (Horace R. Burdick). 44; biography, Coxeter, Dr. John J., 103. 137. Crafts. Jr.. Thomas, painted Codfish, Bullock, A. G., 44- 1 16. Bullock, Mrs. Elvira Hazard, 44- Cram. Ralph Adams, 81. Bunker Hill Monument Association, 33. Crajne, Winthrop Murray, portrait Burdick, Horace R., artist, 44. (Frederick P. Vinton, William W.

Burlingame, Anson, portrait (Matthew Churchill), qi ; biography, i3q. B. Brady), qi; biography, 137. Cupola, The, dimensions, 22; history, Burnet, William, portrait, qj, q?; biog- 23, 25. raphy, 138. Curtis, S. Greely, 28. Busts. 7q. q3. 112. Dallin, Cyrus E., sculptor, I2q. Butler. Major General Benjamin P.. 8q; Davis, Andrew McFarland, 97. portrait (Walter Gilman Page). 45; Davis, George Henry, q7. biography, 138. Davis. Horace, qy. Butler arms, 3q. Davis. Captain Isaac. 36. Buttrick, Major, John, i6, 77. q8. Davis. John. qy. Buttrick. James G. and Martha M.. q8. Davis, John, portrait, q7', bas-relief. Caliga. I. Henry, artist. q7. qy; biography, ijq. Carriage way. 8. Davis. John Chandler Bancroft, q?. Cary. Richard. 8q. Dawes. Thomas. 5. 6. Chantrey, Sir Francis, sculptor. 36. Day, Robert L., qq. Charters, 84, 85, 88, 1 10. De Berdt, Denys. portrait. 8q; coat-of- Childs, Henry H., portrait (Moses arms. 8q; biography. I3q. Wight), 117; biography, 138. Departments, portraits in. 133. Churchill, William W., artist, qi. Devens. Major General Charles. 114; Cincinnati, Society of the, motto, 26. statue (Olin L. Warner). 31; biog- Claflin, William, portrait (J. Harvey raphy. i3q. Young), 45. 107; biography, 138. De Camp. Joseph, artist, qi. Clapp, E. Herbert, portrait, 108. Dewey. Admiral George. 103. Clapp, Mrs. Elizabeth G., 108. Dome. The. dimensions. 22; history. Claus, W. A. J., artist, q7. 23-25; copper for. 23. 24; painted. Clifford, John H., 12, 107; portrait 23; gilded, 25; electric lights on, 25. (Benoni Irwin), q7; biography, 138. Dominica, Republic of, 1 12. Clifford, Mrs. Sarah Parker, q7. Doric Hall, architecture, 36. 124; por- Coat-of-arms, State, 2q, 47, 85, q2, q4, traits, statuary, tablets, war relics, 102, 113, 115, 134; description, loq; 36-45. heraldry, loq, iio; motto, loq; U.S. Douglas, William L., portrait (Arthur shield, 32, 115; 13 original states, 57; M. Hazard), qi ; biography, i3q. Westphalia. q8; Boston, England. Dowse, Rev. Edmund, portrait (Wal- 134. lace Bryant), 105; biography. 140. Cobb. Darius, artist. 44. 123. Dowse, William B. H., 105. Cobb. Cyrus, sculptor, q3. Draper, Eben S., 31, 53, 120, 130; por- Cobb. David, 106, 118; portrait (Edgar trait (Joseph De Camp), qi; biog- Parker), 105; biography, 138. raphy, 140. Cobb, Samuel C., 105. Dudley, Joseph, portrait (Lyle Durgin), Codfish, 1 15-1 17. q5; biography, 140. Cole, Elizabeth Lowell Hancock, 4'2- Du Boisrouvray, Ctesse, 103. Colonial Wars, Massachusetts Society Duff, Sir M. E. Grant, 2. of, 87. Dummer, William, portrait (Frederick Commonwealth Building, 13. P. Vinton), q^; biography, 140. Coney, Jeremiah, 130. Dummer Academy. q5. Coolidge, Calvin, 68, 6q, 70, 102, 127, Durgin. Mrs. Alice J.. 130. 128, 131, 132, i3q. Durgin. Lyle. artist. q5. Coolidge, Mrs. Calvin, 68. Eagle, 32, 33, q2. Copenhagen, Denmark, loq. Eaton, Charles O.. 5q. Copley's Hill, 5. Eliot. Charles W.. LL.D.. inscriptions Copley. J. Singleton, qo, qi, q6, 1 15. by. 27, 33. . 1

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Endecott, John. 114; portrait, qj. qz; Gerry, Elbridge. portrait (Henry Sand- biography, 140. ham), q6; biography, 142. Endicott, Henry. 15. Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's, 43. Endicott, Henry Bradford, 128. Gibbs, Mrs. Ida Louise, 88. Eustis, William, 6; portrait (Henry Gifford, Stephen N., portrait. 108. Williams), qj; biography, 140. Gilbert, Dr. D. D., q^. Evans & Company, John, 81. Gore, Christopher, portrait (Mrs. Everett, Edward, ^q, 114; portrait Marie Danforth Page), qo; biog- (Philip L. Hale), qo; biography, 140. raphy, 142. Executive Department, 86-qi; relics, Gore, Samuel, 116. 8q; records, iio; portraits and Governor's Pasture, 6, 21. photographs. 8Q-qi. Granite. — 8, q, 10, 12, 26, 28, 2q, 31. Felton. Cornelius Conway, 28. Grant, General Ulysses S., 102. Fences, wood, brick, stone, 8, q; iron. q. Greenhalge. Frederick T., bust (Samuel Ferguson, Frank W.. 81. J. Kitson), 79; portrait (W. A. J. Findlay. John L.. artist. 124. Claus), q7; biography, 142. First Church, The old, 122. Greenough, Horatio, sculptor. q3. Flags, — Colonial. 87; Provincial. 87; Greenough. Horatio S.. q3. Revolutionary War. 51, 87. 88, qq, Grenville. E. C, qo. 100; War of 1812, 100. 130; Mexican Griffin's Wharf, 4q. War, loi, 102; Civil War, 57-67, Griffith, Thomas B., 102. 102, 130; Spanish-American War, Groton Public Library, 44. 46; permanently located, 46, 60; Guild, Curtis, 30, 56, 78. 8q, 113, 120; World War, 68-75, i3^; National, memorial, 80-83; portrait (S. Burtis 3q, q2. qq-i02. 115. 130-132; laws Baker), qi; biography. 142 for construction. 100. loi; State. 88. Guillaume, Louis Matthieu Didier. 8q. q2. 115, 130; description, 88, 8q; 105. Flag day, loo; Service, 126; Bay Hale, Philip L., artist, qo. State Light Infantry, 102. Hale, Rev. Edward Everett, qo. Foot way, 8. Hancock, John. 6, 86, 121; "Governor's Foss, Eugene N., 18. 42; biography. pasture", 6, iq; mansion, iq, 20, 28; 141. memorial. 41; medallion, 51; portrait Fountains, 2q. (Walter Gilman Page), qo; tablet, Fowle, George M., 100. 134; biography. 143. Fowle, George W., 100. Hancock, John, 33. Fowle, Jonathan. 100. Hardie, Robert Gordon, artist. 44. Francis. James "Dwight. 78. Harding, Chester, artist, q7, 105. Franklin. Benjamin. 100. 115; bust Hayti, Republic of, 112.

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141. Heard, John T.. 1 1 Freestone, 10, 11. "History of Plimoth Plantation,"

French, Daniel Chester, sculptor, 2q, William Bradford, 1 12. 78, 113, 120. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, i. Frothingham, Miss Eugenia, 127. Holt. Charles O.. Sergeant-at-Arms. 4,

Frothingham, Rev. Paul Revere, 41 , 82. 122. Fuller, Stephen P.. surveyor. 10. Hoar, George F., 112; bust (Daniel Gage. General Thomas. 32. 50, 77; Chester French), dedication. 113; portrait. q6; biography. 141. biography. 143. Gage, Admiral Sir William Hall, q6. Hooker. Major General Joseph, statue Gallego, Michael, sculptor, q3. (Daniel Chester French and Edward Gardner, Henry J.- 12.; portrait (Jean C. Potter). 2q; dedication. 30; biog- Paul Selinger), 44; biography, 141. raphy. 143. G. A. R.. Wilson Post No. i. Depart- Horton, Rev. Edward A., 52, 56. ment of Maryland, qq. House of Representatives, 1 13-1 15. 121, Gaston. William, portrait (Frederick P. 122; coat-of-arms in old, q2; seats. Vinton), 45; biography, 141. 117; old chamber. 8. q2. q4, 124; Gaston, Mrs. William, 45. new chamber, 11 3-1 17; Codfish, 5-1 Gaston. William A.. 45. 1 1 17; photographs of Speakers Gates. 8. q. since 1780, 118, iiq. Gay. Mrs. Frederick Lewis. 130. Howarth, John, 103. General Court, 7, 8, 117. 121; records. Hunt. James, housewright, 10. 1 1 1 ; political year. 117; Doorkeep- Hutchinson. Mrs. Anne Marbury. I2q, ers. Messengers. Sergeants-at-Arms 143- since 1644. 12.2; sessions, where Hutchinson, Thomas, 48, 50, 85; por- held. 121, 122; Messenger's house, trait (Walter Gilman Page), qb; 7, 123, biography, 144. IV INDEX

Hutchinson, Samuel K., ii, 12. Memorial Hall. Cambridge, qo. Ipsen, Ernest L., artist, q6. Merrill. William E., 8q. Irwin, Benoni, artist, 97. Merwin, Henry C, 1 17. Jarvis. Charles. 6. Messenger's house, 7, 123.

Jellison, Benjamin H., 132. Meyer, George von L., 15, i iq. Johnston, John, artist, qb. Military map. World War, 126. Jones, John Coffin, 6, 118. Milmore, Martin, sculptor, q3. Jones, Seward W.. 31, 53. Morton, Marcus, portrait (Robert Key, Francis Scott, loi. Gordon Hardie). 44; biography, 145. King's Mountain, N. C, 8q. Morton. Marcus. 44. Kinney, Henry E., artist, qi. Morton. Perez. 6, 118. Kitson, Henry H., sculptor. 31. Music Hall, 28. Kitson, Samuel J., sculptor, jq. Museum of Fine Arts, qo. Knox, Joseph H., qq. Newton, Stuart, artist, qo. Kraus, Robert, sculptor, jq. O'Connell, William H., Cardinal, 83. Kuhn, Jacob, 123; portrait, 122; biog- Old South Church, 4Q. graphy, 144. Olin. William M.. 52. loq. Lafayette, Marquis De, bust (Horatio Orlandini. Edward. 82. Greenough), q3; biography, 144. Osborn. General Francis A.. 52. Lawrence, A. A., q3. Osgood. Charles, artist. 105.

Lawrence, George P., 15, 16. Otis. Harrison Gray. 6. 106, 1 18. Lawrence, Myron, portrait (Edwin Otis, James. 47-49. 121. White), 106. Page. Mrs. Marie Danforth, artist, qo. Lely, Sir Peter, artist, qj. Page, Walter Gilman, artist, 45, qo, qb. Leverett, John, portrait, qj, qj; biog- I2q. raphy. 144. Page, Walter Hines, 131. Lewis. Dorothy Standish, 55. Paintings, Mural, — "The Writs of Lewis, Winslow, M.D., 12. Assistance", "The Boston Tea Lincoln, Abraham, memorial, 42; dedi- Party", "Paul Revere's Ride" cation, 42; Gettysburg address, 43; (Robert Reid), 47-52; "The Pil- portrait (Albion H. Bicknell), qo; grims on the Mayflower", "John bust (Mrs. Sarah F. Ames), q3 ; biog- Eliot Preaching to the Indians" raphy, 144. (Henry Oliver Walker), 76; "Con- Lincoln, Jr., Frederic Walker, 28. cord Bridge", "The Return of the Lincoln, Levi, q, 24, 107, 118; portrait Colors" (Edward Simmons), 77. (Frank W. Benson), q?; biography, Parker, Edgar, artist, qi, 105.

145. Parker. Herbert, 3 i , 82. Little, William. 6. Parker, Captain John. q2. Long, John D.. 14, ij.qi.qq. 102. 103. Parker. Rev. Theodore. q2. iiq; portrait (Edgar Parker), qi; Pedrick, Thomas F., Sergeant-at-Arms, biography, 145. 4, 18, 55, 122; State House Commis- Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth, 50, 1 15. sioner, 16, 20; portrait (John L. Lord Bishop of London, 1 12. Findlay), 124; biography. 145. Lord Chief Justice of England, John Pemberton Hill, 5. Duke Lord Coleridge, 2. Pepperrell, Sir William, 130. Lothrop, Rev. Samuel K., 28, 58. Photographs, 106-108, 118. iiq, 133.

1 Lowell, James Russell, 26, 1 5. Pickman, Benjamin T., 106; portrait

Lynch. Mrs. Mary, 105. (Charles Osgood) ,105; biography, 1 46. Mt. Vernon, 5. Plimoth Plantation, Manuscript His-

Mann, Horace, 106. 114; statue (Emma tory of (William Bradford), 1 12. Stebbins). dedication, 28. 2q; biog- Pond. Joseph A., 12. 13, 107. raphy, 145. Porter, Noah, mason, 10. Marble. Varieties of. iq, 23, 26, 47, 57, Portraits, 44. 45. 56, 8q-qi. q5-q8, 105, 7q, 80, 81, 86. 120. 1 12. 1 17, 123, 124, 131. Marshall. Augustus. 108. Post Office. 113. Masons, Grand Lodge of, 7, 12, 15. Potter. Edward C. sculptor. 2q. Massachusetts Historical Society, qb. Powell. Jeremiah. q8. io6. Massachusetts Society for the Preven- Powers. Hiram, sculptor, 28. tion of Cruelty to Animals, 127. Pratt, Bela L., sculptor, 52, 54. McCall, Samuel W., 82, 103, 126; por- Prospect Hill, Somerville, 87.

trait (Edmund C. Tarbell), qi ; biog- Putnam, General Israel, 87. raphy, 145. Quincy, First Church of Christ. q8. Medals, Exposition, 132. Rantoul, Jr., Robert, portrait (Joseph Memorial Hall, 57-80, q4; architec- Ames), 105; biography, 146. ture. ^7; battle flags, mural paint- Recchia, Richard, 81. ings, statuary. 57-80. Reid. Robert, artist. 47-52. INDEX

Remington. David T.. portrait (John Senate Staircase Hall, architecture, L. Findlay), 123; biography, 146. paintings, statuary. 47-56. Republics. Names of. 46. Sentry Hill. 5. Republican Institution. The. q/. Sergeant-at-Arms' Department, door- Revere. Paul. 7. 23. 24. 47. 50. 51, 77. keepers and messengers. 1644- 183 5, Revolution, Daughters of the American. sergeants-at-arms. i83 5-iq2i. por- Hannah Goddard Chapter, qq. traits. 122-124; flags, relics, 130-132. Revolution. Sons of the American, Bos- Sharpe. Samuel. 84. ton Chapter, 87. Shaw. Mrs. Hannah (Bartlett) Griffith. Revolution, Sons of the. Massachusetts 102. Society. 41. 87. Shaw, Colonel Robert Gould, memorial Rice. Alexander H., portrait (I. Henry (Augustus St. Gaudens), dedication, Caliga). q7; biography, 146. 25-27; biography, 147; Society of Rich, Isaac, q3. the Cincinnati, motto of, 26. Richards, Joseph R., 12. Sherburne, Colonel John H., 103. 104. Ricketson, Catherine, 53. Sherburne. Mrs. John H.. 103. 126. Ridgway, James, qo. Shirley. Sir William. 130. Robbins, Edward Hutchinson, 5, 118. Silsbee. Nathaniel, 106; portrait (Ches- Robinson, George D., portrait (Daniel ter Harding), 105; biography. 147. J. Strain), 45; biography. 146. Simmons. Edward, artist, 77.

Robinson, Milton, 1 30. Smith, Frank Hill, artist, 113, 121. Robinson. Mrs. Sara T. D.. 106. Smith, Rev. Samuel F., bust (Cyrus Robinson. Walter A.. 132. Cobb), q3; biography, 147. Rogers, Major Charles O.. 28. Spear, Samuel, 33. Ross. Mrs. Betsy, flag, 100. Spencer, The Right Honorable. Earl, Rowe, John, iiy, 116. 3Q- Rowley, Dr. Francis H., 127. Spencer, The Right Honorable Earl. Rumney, Thomas M., 103. G. C. V. 0.,i3i. Russell. Joseph. 6. Stark. Brigadier General John. q8. Russell. William E.. bust (Richard E. State House, history. 2. 5-22; Old State Brooks), 7C)\ portrait (Edmund C. House. 7. 8q. q7. 116. 123. 126; Bul- Tarbell),qi; biography. 146. finch building. 2, 5-8, i6, iq, 23. 123. St. Gaudens. Augustus, sculptor, 25. 124. 126; agents. 5; original deed. 6; Sandham, Henry, artist, qo. q6. dimensions, 7. 10. 22; preservation. Sanger, Lieutenant Colonel. Donald B., 15. 16. 25. q4; fences. 8. q; survey of 126. yard, q. 10; property takings. 13. 14. Schaff, Morris, 78. iq; original lot and present holdings. Schouler, James, 56. 12; first fireproof edifice. 10. 11; Schouler, William. Adjutant General, Bryant addition. 11. 12. 124; Wash- portrait (Thomas C. Corner), 56; burn alterations. 12, 13; extension. biography, 146. 14. 15; wings. 16-20; grounds. 20; Scollay. William. 7. description of exterior. 23. 24; corner Scott. Thomas. q8. stones. 7. 12. 15. 18; tablets,. 37; Scott, Lieutenant General Winfield, commissions, 11, 12, 14-20. 101. State House Commission, — Thomas Seals. — "Plimouth Nov Anglia." 46; F. Pedrick, Albert P. Langtry, Elmer "Mattachusets Bay in Nova Ang- A. Stevens, 16-20; Charles L. Bur- lia." 46; Colony. 47. 84, 85, 88; rill, 20; 126. Province, 84, 85; Magna Charta, 85. State House Building Commission, — loq; State. 85; Great seal. loq. Albert P. Langtry, Joseph B. Russell. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 4, 8, Neil McNeil. 18. iq. 20; John A. loq-iii; Great seal and coat-of- Kelliher. J. Edward Fuller. 20. arms, loq, 1 10; Colony and Province State House Construction Commission. charters, iio; State constitution. — John D. Long. William Endicott. 1 10; military archives to 1783. iio, Jr.. Benjamin D. Whitcomb. Charles in; executive and legislative rec- Everett Clark. George W. Johnson. ords, 1 10; papers on treaties, witch- 14, 16.

craft, grants, surveys, 1 1 1. State Library, 11; reference. 111-113; Selinger, Jean Paul, artist. 44. "History of Plimoth Plantation." Senate, old chamber, 8, q4-i04. 124; 112; portrait of Charles Sumner chairs. 117; temporary chamber. q4; (Henry Ulke). 112; medal to Charles new chamber, q2-q4; busts, war Sumner from Hayti, 112; bust of relics, q2, q8, qq, 103, 104; relics. George F. Hoar (Daniel Chester 102, 103, 132; photographs of Presi- French), 113; librarian, 4. dents since 1780. 106-108; portraits, State Prison, q. q5-q8, 105; reading room, 103; re- Stearns. George Luther, tablet, 38. ception room, q4-i04. Stebbins, Emma, sculptor, 28. VI INDEX

Sterling, Rev. Paul, 31. Vanderlyn. John, artist, qb. Sterling, Jr., Paul, 31. Vandyke, Sir Anthony, artist, qy. Stevens, Benjamin, portrait. 123. Vautin. M.. 8q. Stevens, Charles Edward, 123. Vinton. Frederick P., artist. 44, 45. qi, Stevenson, Brigadier General Thomas Q5. Q7. Greely, bas-relief (Bela L. Pratt), Volk. Leonard W., sculptor. 42. dedication, 52; biography, 147. Wagner, Jacob, artist, qb. Stevenson, Thomas G., 52. Waldron. Rev. Daniel W.. 126. Stevenson Memorial Association, 52. Walker, Henry Oliver, artist. 76. Stone, Rev. Arthur W.. U. S. N.. 53. Wall. W. A., artist. 44. Stone, James M., 12, 13, iiq. Walsh. David I., 18, 42^. 55'. biography, Strain, Daniel J., artist, 44, 45. I4Q- Streets and Ways, — Beacon, 6, 8, 10, War of 1812, Society of the, 101, 103. 14, iq, zo, 28, 36, 68, 124; Bowdoin, War Records, — Narragansett, French 14; Derne, 13, 14; Hancock, 13, 123; and Indian, no; Revolutionary, 56, Hancock Avenue, 8, iq. 20-22; Han- 1 10; 1812. Mexican. Civil. Spanish over, 5; Joy. 17, iq; Mt. Vernon, 8, American. World. 56. 13, 14, 17, iq, 21 ; Mt. Vernon Place, War relics. —Revolutionary. 36. q2. q8. 17. iq; State, 7. 116, 123; State 103; 1812. 36; Civil. q8. qq, 102. 103. House Avenue, 22; Sumner. 8; 130; Spanish American. 103. i2q; Temple. 13; Washington. 123. World, 103, 104, 126. 127; U. S. S.

Strong, Caleb, portrait (Henry Sand- Battleship Massachusetts. 1 2q. ham), qo; biography. 147. Warner, Joseph E.. 126. Strong, Major General George C, qq; Warner. Olin L.. sculptor. 31. biography. 147. Warren. Charles H.. 11, 107. Strong. Wilson B.. qq. Warren, Dr. Joseph. 77, 121. Stuart. Gilbert, artist, qo. q6. 105. Washburn. Emory, portrait (William Sullivan. James, picture in wax, qo; Willard). q/; biography. i4q. portrait (Ernest L. Ipsen). qb; biog- Washburn, William B., portrait (Frank raphy, 148. W. Benson), 45; biography. i4q. Sullivan, Richard. q6. Washington, George, 88, 100. 102; Sumner. Charles. 3q. 112. 114; bust statue (Sir Francis Chantrey). dedi-

(MartinMilmore) .q3 ; portrait (Henry cation. 36; bust (Michael Gallego). Ulke). 112; medal from Hayti, 112; q3; memorial tablets. 3q. 40; arms, biography. 148. 3q; sun-dial, 131; biography. i4q. Sumner, Increase. 8; portrait, (John Washington Monument Association, 36. Johnston), q6; biography, 148. Watkins, Walter K., I2q. Sumner, General William H.. qb. Way Estate. 13. Sun dial. 131. Webster. Colonel Amos. 102. Superintendent of Buildings. Fred H. Webster, Daniel, 114; statue (Hiram Kimball. 20, 71.73; heating, lighting, Powers), dedication, 28; biography, elevators. 124, 125; coal pocket, 124; 150. r«lics. i2q. Webster Memorial Fund, 28. Sydney. Algernon. loq. Weeks, John W.. 53. Talbot, Edmund H., 42. Wells. Charles, 10. 24. Talbot. Thomas, portrait, qy; biog- Wells, Samuel, 15. raphy. 148. West Hill. 5. Tarbell. Edmund C, artist, qi. q6. Wheelwright, Rev. John, q8; biog- Taylor. Charles A., qq. raphy. q8. Thacher. George M.. 12. Wheelwright. John. 82. Thaxter. Jr.. Adam W.. 12. Whipple. Charles A., artist. 45. Thompson. D.D.. Rev. A. C, qo. White. Edwin, artist, 106. Tillinghast. Caleb B.. 4. White. Henry J., qq. Town House, old. 47, 48, 116. 123. Whiting, William, q3.

Tracy. Charles. 24. Wight, Moses, artist. 1 1 7. Tra-mount. 5. Willard. William, artist. q7. Treasurer of the Commonwealth. 8; Williams. Henry, artist. q7. chests. 125. 126. Wilson. D. M., q8. Trumbull. John, artist, qo. Wilson. Henry, 107, 114; bust (Martin Tudor. William. 6. 48. Milmore). q3; portrait (Louis M. D. Tufts. Colonel Gardiner, bust (Richard Guillaume). 105; biography. 150. E. Brooks), qy, biography, i4q. Wilson. Matthew, q/. Tyler. General John S.. 28. Winslow. Capt. Herbert. U. S. N.. 53. Ulke. Henry, artist. 1 12. Winslow. Rear Admiral John A., bas- U. S. S. Battleships. 30. 53. relief (William Couper), dedication, United States Senators. 133. 53. 54; biography. 150. INDEX VI I

Winthrop, John, 114; portrait (Sir Wolcott Camp, Roger, L. S. W. V.. 120. Anthony Vandyke), 95, q/; biog- Woman's Relief Corps, Department of

raphy, I 50. Massachusetts, 42..

Winthrop. Robert C. q6, loq. 1 18. Wood, Joseph Hooker, 30. Wolcott, Roger, 15, 16, 46. 102, 112; World War, Memorial Commission, portrait (Frederick P. Vinton), 97; 132. memorial (Daniel Chester French Wormley, James, 112. and Henry Bacon), dedication, 120, Writs of Assistance, The, 47. 121; biography, 150. Young, J. Harvey, artist, 45. Wolcott, Mrs. Roger, 97, 120. ZoUer, Mrs. Clara A., 130.