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Title |
Letter from Gridley James Fox Bryant to Nathan Hale, January 12th, 1853. |
Creator |
Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Date |
1853 Jan 12 |
Scope & Content |
Handwritten letter from Gridley James Fox Bryant to Nathan Hale dated January 12th, 1853. Bryant confirmed President Jacob Bigelow's role as principal designer of the Stone gateway, iron fence, chapel, and Washington Tower at Mount Auburn. Bryant executed the engineering drawings of all the above based on Bigelow's sketches and models. The letter is written in black ink on half of one side of a single page. The recto contains the title at top center "Certificate of Mr G. F. Bryant respecting the origin of buildings at Mount Auburn." |
Object Name |
Letter |
Collection |
Bigelow |
Catalog Number |
1831.014.001 |
Search Terms |
Gate Washington Tower Iron Fence Chapel Architect |
People |
Bigelow, Jacob (1787-1879) Hale, Nathan (1784-1863) Bryant, Gridley J. F. (1816-1899) |