page_title: Francis E. Spinner
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Francis E. Spinner / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of General Francis E. Spinner, showing his famous signature which appeared on the Civil War greenbacks. Myers Park, Herkimer New York. Unveiled on June 29, 1909 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The height of the statue is 7 feet 6 inches, and cost "over 20,000". Inscription reads: "The fact that I was instrumental in introducing women to employment in the offices of the government gives me more real satisfaction than all the other deeds of my life." Reference: https://books.google.com/books?id=U2MUAAAAYAAJ&amp;lpg=PA189&amp;ots=oT3Rh4YPMO&amp;dq=statue%20in%20myers%20Park%20herkimer%20francis%20spinner%20dedicated&amp;pg=PA189#v=onepage&amp;q=statue%20in%20myers%20Park%20herkimer%20francis%20spinner%20dedicated&amp;f=false Also: https://books.google.com/books?id=F8sWAAAAYAAJ&amp;dq=statue%20in%20myers%20Park%20herkimer%20francis%20spinner%20signature&amp;pg=PA166#v=onepage&amp;q=statue%20in%20myers%20Park%20herkimer%20francis%20spinner%20signature&amp;f=false
context_page_description: Francis Elias Spinner was an American politician from New York. He was Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875. He was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for clerical jobs.
context_section_description: Spinner was buried at the Mohawk Cemetery, in Mohawk, New York. 
  On June 29, 1909 a bronze statue of Spinner "said to be a very good likeness" was unveiled "with impressive ceremonies" in Herkimer's Myers Park. The 7 foot 6 inch "splendid piece of bronze," sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, faces Spinner's birthplace in Mohawk and cost "over $20,000." A group of women who worked in the Treasury Department contributed $10,000 toward the monument. The base of the statue bears a likeness of his famous signature, which was then well-known from its appearance on U.S. treasury notes, and reads:
  The fact that I was instrumental in introducing women to employment in the offices of the government gives me more real satisfaction than all the other deeds of my life.
caption: 1909 bronze statue of Spinner in Myers Park prominently features his signature.
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