Stearns-Ames collection

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852.

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Sculptor. From the description of Letter of Horatio Greenough, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450551 Journalist, anthologist, author. From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880477 From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold, ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035734 Greenough was a Boston sculptor influenced gre...

Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886

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Sculptor; New York City and New York State, Washington, D.C. Ames was a portrait and genre painter, New York, N.Y. Both members of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Henry Kirke Brown letter to Mr. Ames, 1867 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566024 Sculptor and portrait painter; born in Leyden, Mass.; died in Newburgh, N.Y. From the description of Henry Kirke Brown papers, 1836-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118415 ...

Ames, James Tyler, 1810-1883.

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Ames Manufacturing Company. Bronze Foundry.

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The Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts, was founded in 1835 by James Tyler Ames and his brother, Nathan Peabody Ames. The company manufactured small tools, cotton machinery, swords, cannons, and did casting of bells. It began manufacturing large bronze statuary circa 1850. From the description of Stearns-Ames collection, [ca. 1838-1894]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389965 ...

Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911

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American sculptor. From the description of Sheet music, ca. 1900. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 76881995 From the description of Price list of statuary, ca. 1890. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 76881920 American sculptor From the guide to the Thomas Ball letters and miscellany, 1890-1892, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Sculptor, miniature and portrait painter, musician; Boston, Mass., Florenc...

Ames, Nathan Peabody, 1803-1847.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

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Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892

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Sculptor from Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the description of Randolph Rogers papers, 1853-1925. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421856 Sculptor; Rome, Italy. Born Waterloo, N.Y. Works include figures on Washington Monument, Richmond, Va., military commissions in Cincinnati, Detroit, Providence, seated Lincoln in Philadelphia, and others. From the description of Randolph Rogers papers, 1848-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887

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Thomas U. Walter was an architect. Born in Philadelphia in 1804, Walter began his career as an apprentice to his father in bricklaying and stone masonry. While working with his father, Walter trained in the office of William Strickland and attended the School of Mechanic Arts at the Franklin Institute, then under the direction of John Haviland. Walter rose to prominence with architectural designs that included Moyamensing Prison, Girard College, Andalusia, and Portico Row. In December 1850, Walt...