Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-24
DR.. EVANS GIFT TO FRANCE.
r.r 1uiNESr AMERICAN DENTISTS
oYrsp TO rARls AUTaoRIrIEs.
"A raue,trisn statue Of Gen. lAfayssts - bs
Erected In rhas City Nsxs Ysar The
Model the worE OF the Late
French scuiptor Ciesisgsr.

The american Register, OF Paris, undsl
da.e OF August II, repubIishes . short die
pa,ch 10 tho New York World OF IN earlies
date to tho effect that Dr.. Thomas W.
Evans, the American dentist, proposed "a
give q statue OF Lafayette to the city ol
Paris.
To correct some inaccuracies OF that short
statement the Register publishes the fol.
lowing letter from our former townsmau
TO the prefect Of ne Seine,
As a citizen Of the United States OF
America and . reoident OF Par1e I0t many
YEAR,, l have on several occooi0ue proposal
TO my countrymen 70 0rect . monumene
IN honor and 70 the memory OF 0eooral
Lafayette. / wish II TO be we'll UNDERWOOD
that we ON the other aldo Of the ocean have
not forgotten the exceptional services
which, pre-. eminently among his fellow :
citizens, he rendered 10 the American people
during their War OF Independence.
The sentiments Of gratitude have been
pefpetuated amongst us and some twenty
years ago conceived the Idea Of giving
expression to them In . material form On
French soil. i after ward organized com.
mittee Of gentlemen for the special pur-
poso OF devising the most appropriate way
in which to carry out that idea We how.
ever sus pended our undertaking In deisf.
ence to the earnest solicitation OF the promo.
ters OF the statue OF "Liberty," which has
since been offered to the American people
This work having been accomplished,
believe this to be an opportune time. now
that the International exhibition OF 1889 10
in full preparation, 70 carry out my former
project
to are some Of them dead, and others dis.
peised. Under these circumstances ofter
to erect In Paris, at my own expense, an
equestrian status of Lafayette, In bronze,
on site which msy ultimately be agreed
upon
1 fstter myself with the hope, cir, that
you ss we'll as the members Of the muni.
cipal council will accept my offer O. token
Of MY sincere gratitude towards people,
amidst whom have lived for many years,
aud from whom my compatriots nave At all
times received the most cordial hospitality.
Believe me to be, with my highest re-
Yours most respectfully,
(Sieped) THOMAS W. EVANS,
Commander Of the Legion OF Honor,
90, Avenue Malakoh.
PARIS, July 4tb, 1883.
This letter having been laid before tie
municipal council, the subject was referred
to committee. At the last session Of the
council before the summer adjournment,
the matter being again brought up the pre-.
feet of the Seine, In addressing the meeting,
said that she was pleased to give tho coun.
Gil this Information concerning the gift
namely, that tho model bad been made by
the late eminent sculptor Clesinger, aud It's
execution entrusted to an artist IN every
way worthy of carrying out tho conception
OF the original designer and that the offer
Of DR.. Evans being both generous and
liberal, he was persuaded that the commit.
tee would not fail to accept 1t In the same
spirit OF good will"
The model Ia q most careful study, made
after an examination Of numerous historical
papers and Elk ketches furnished by an Amer.
can gentleman, and Is not only superbspe.
cimen OF the celebrated eculptor's art, but
hes the additional distinction OF being the
very last work he had finished at the time
of his death The statue, when completed,
will be Of the same dimennions a. those OF
Marcesu and Kleber at St. Cyr--tbat is to
say, II will be about metres high, and is
tD be mounted upon stone pedestal, hav-
Ing size and height to correspond. 1t
will be cast by the firm OF Thiebaut, and
will probably be finished In the early part
OF next year.