Subscription book, 1850, 1853-1854.

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Subscription book, 1850, 1853-1854.

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List of subscribers and amounts donated towards a commemorative bronze statue of DeWitt Clinton to be designed and executed by H.K. Brown, dated Feb. 20, 1850. Also a letter from John H. Gourlie to Col. Andrew Warner about Gourlie's efforts to get information on the statue, dated Mar. 18 [1854]; the clipping mentioned in the letter was put into the subscription book.

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New-York Historical Society

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