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Martinsburg Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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The ship Sea Gull arrived at the Navy Yard on Friday, 30th ultimo, from Leghorn with Horatio Greenough's renowned statue of George Washington, to replace Jefferson's in the Capitol Rotunda; its size may require wall alterations, while Jefferson's moves to the President's House yard.
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The Madisonian says: "The ship Sea Gull arrived at the Navy Yard on Friday evening, 30th ultimo, from Leghorn, bringing Greenough's far famed statue of the father of his country. It is said to be a magnificent work of art, imparting to the subject as much of grace, dignity and sublimity, as was possible to conceive. It is destined to take the place of Jefferson's statue, in the Rotunda of the Capitol. It is of such a colossal size that it will probably become necessary to remove a portion of the wall of the Capitol to introduce it.
The statue of Jefferson, which Congress declined accepting, will be removed, we understand, to the yard in front of the President's House."
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Friday Evening, 30th Ultimo
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The ship Sea Gull arrived at the Navy Yard from Leghorn, bringing Greenough's statue of Washington, described as a magnificent work of art destined to replace Jefferson's statue in the Capitol Rotunda. Due to its colossal size, part of the Capitol wall may need removal to install it. Jefferson's statue, declined by Congress, will move to the yard in front of the President's House.