New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-04-10
Portrait Gallery.


you gave my letter concerning the 50 Portraits
Of our Governors By causing It TO be pub
Lshfd IN the IHispsrs6s1it .StieS-a7a of the 10th
Of January last. It awakened quite an inter-
est ard together with articles By yourself and
Others which have appeared In New Han .
shire papers, served TO promote the object IN
tended BY its publication: that of attractin :
attention TO the subject and making the COL
+ lection rs complete as possible. There VIII
be wanting, after the portraits already prom
/ !sai are furnished, those Of President Ne
Shach Weare and Governors John Taylor
Gilman and John Bell. We supposed there
were no Ukcnesses Of President Weare in ex-
.stenco, lut have been informed by Walter
ingalls,, Esq. an arts: Of Acknowledged Tcru-
tai!on, who is now painting the portrait: Of
many distinguished men at " ashGgton, that
VIXEN he was 4 Representative from Sanborn-
ton N the Nav Hampshire Legislature 10
1913, there was g. movement in contemp.a-
ton n procure portrait OF Meshach Wcarc.
He Is confident that the late Caleb Stark, Of
Ducharton, exhibited to hi-n n that TINA Z
likeness Of President Weaye, and also one O:
similar size o. his grandfather General John
Stark. The wcrc either small print or
crayon. hore you may be able to secure
these valuable roles for the State. Referring
to 3lr. ingalls,, who IS a native Of Canter-
bury, lis success in his profession is amply
attested by the many exquisite portraits he
has produced, as well as BY his copies Of the
works of the great masters while on the con-
tinent, and his valuable collection OF paint
ings Of Brazilian fruits, scenery, and people,
mainly Oh exhibition at the Agricultural De-
partment in this city, are regarded as Of rare
excellence and worthy of his genius
Hon. Montgomery Blair, son-in-!aw Of
The late Governor Levi Woodbury., has con-
suited the estmabie widow Of the Governor,
who has very excellent portrait Of her dis
t1guis!ed husband in the family mansion at
Portsmouth, and will furnish 4 copy 10 the
State. l am pleased TO learn that portrait
Of Governor Sullivan will soon be added 10
the collection. There are two admirable pen
Gil sketches in possession Of Rev. DR.. BoutOn,
Of yOur city, belonging to the \. II. HiStorI-
cal society, one Of General Sullivan, the other
of President Bartlett, which were sketched
~ Trumbull while on visit to New Hamp-
shire during the lifetime Of the departed pa
triots. \ portrait of John Taylor Gilman,
Who vas Governor fourteen years, Is in pos
session Of the family at Portland, Maine.
The Portrait Gallery Of New Hampshire
Governors is Of incalculable value, and to you
more than ali others should be accorded the
honor Of securing the most valuable contribu- |
tons to the interesting group. Your unwear-
ing and persistent efforts have been sgnalized
by most gratifying results. Portraits of New
Hampshre's eminent sons and citizens who |
have been celebrated in her annals, other |!
than q; Governors, arc G valuable acquisi- |
ton, and the State House Citing and proper
repository for the collection. l have read |
with great satisfaction that the portraits Of |
Cur Revolutionary Generals, Stark, Ciiiey,
Light III fintry Poor and Yorktown Scam ,
nieii viii soon adorn the walls Of Our Repre-
sentative Hall. 4 portrait Of Hon. Nicholas /
who was member Of the Executive |
Council from l777 for seven years, Repre-
sentative in the Ist, I'd, Cd, and 4th L. S. |
Congress, President of \. II. Senate, and L. /
S. Senator from 1904 to May, 1914, when he /
died, is in the possession Of the Schuyler fam
lily in New York. Commodore Il. Harris
Wyman, L. s. n, informs NE that portrait
of his great grandfather, Hon. Woodbury.
Langdon, n brother of Gov. John. and who
was prominent in the early political history
Of the State, is in possession Of the Eusts
family IN Massachusetts.
New Hampshire ravercs the memory 9!
Chief Justice VIM. ". Richardson, who pre-
sided twenty-five years in her courts with
marked iinpartiality and ability. Hon. VIM.
II. Richardson, the present able and accom-
plished Secretary Of the L. s. Treasury,
will endeayor 10 procure portrait Of lis
honored uncle and present it to the State.
<AEViuSl fldtttI VI lAtSttSt 10 new hdi.p-
shire requires attention. An act Of Congress
which is found in s. L. S. Statutes at Large
Vol. IL, page Si!, chap. 2l0, sec. 2, act Of
July ., 1864, provides that a marble i!oor be
in the old hall Of the House Of
representatives, and that suitable structures
and ratings shall be erected therein for the
reception and protection Of statuary, and au-
thorized the President to invite each and all
to provide and furnish statues in marble Or
bronze, not exceeding two in number for each
State, Of deceased persons who have been
citizens thereof and illustrious for their his
toricai renown Or from distinguished civic or
military services such as each State shall de-
termine to be worthy Of this national COM
and when so furnished the same
shall be placed In the old hall of the House
Of Representatives in the capital of the Uni
ted States, which Is set apart as q National
Statuary Hall FOR the purposes Indicated.
In response to the foregoing, Rhode Island
has furnished marble statues, life size, Of
Roger Williams and Nathaniel Green; Con.
necticut, Jonathan Trumbull and Roger Sher-
man; Massachusetts has provided for John
Winthrop and Samuel Adams Vermont,
Ethan Allen and Jacob Callarnore; New
Jersey, Richard Stockton and Phil Kearney;
New York IS about to make selection,
which is, believe, all the progress vet made.
The hall also contains statues of George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexan-
der Hamilton, which were furnished by the
United States. New Hampshire should pro-
vide for this national commemoration Of two |
Of her eminent citizens in accordance with
the act Of Congress. There are many names
from which a selection would have to be ,
made. Wentworths, Stark, Sullivars, Lang
dons, Wingate, Thornton, Bartletts, Weare,
Whipple, Poor, Cilleys, Scanned, Gilmans, .
Plumers, Bells, Woodbury.,
Pierces, and other cherished names pass in !
review before US, but thsre will be no diff |
Guilty in designating two Of the number par
tcularly worthy Of this distinction. New
Hampshire had many illustrious sons. On !
her historic scroll are inscribed the names of |
men distinguished In all the professions, and !
of nquestiOned patriotism and ability. Many |
became citizens Of other States and achieved !
a national reputation, but will not, OF course, |
be honc:ed In the selection, conspicuous
among whom are Webster, Cass, Tessenden, |
and Greeley, nov dead, land Chase, Dix, and |
Wilson still liying,l who have made such an |
impress on the age in which they lived as to !
render their memories inperishable, while |
history records their eminent public services. !
trust the next Legislature will make provi. !
sions to comply with the invitation Of Con.
gress. Civilized nations have always CON-
memorated important historic events, and /.
Dorrnrr;afed eittnr in ra'p+in, ~ ot,t,,or,.