Correspondence, US Capitol
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content: Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
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content: Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
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content: Jarvis, Leonard, 1781-1854
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content: Chapman, John
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content: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
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content: U. S. Capitol
creator: label: Creator
content: Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
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content: Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
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content: Jarvis, Leonard, 1781-1854
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content: Chapman, John
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content: The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
bioghist: label: General Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
content: General Montgomery Cunningham Meigs was Quartermaster General of the United States Army during and after the American Civil War. He was responsible for the purchase and distribution of supplies to the Union troops. Meigs was also an engineer and architect, and before and after the war, he supervised numerous projects throughout Washington, D.C. as part of the Army Corps of Engineers. He supervised the construction of wings and the dome of the Capitol building and the expansion of the General Post Office building. Meigs designed the Old Pension Office Building. His most amazing contribution to the city, however, was the Washington Aqueduct. Interestingly, it was Meigs who suggested to Abraham Lincoln that Arlington would be a good place for a cemetery. Meigs is buried there.
label: Leonard Jarvis
content: Leonard Jarvis was an American politician who served in Congress from 1829 to 1837. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs for some time. This contract is signed by him.
label: John Vanderlyn
content: John Vanderlyn was an American neoclassicist painter who painted portraits of politicians in the early 19th century. He was commissioned by Congress in 1842 to paint the landing of Columbus. This painting was later reproduced on a stamp. This painting was commissioned for the renovation of the rotunda in the Capitol Building.
label: John Chapman
content: John Chapman was an American congressman who represented Pennsylvania. He worked as a judge before being elected to the House of Representatives.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1837 March 13-1853 August 12
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Correspondence
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content: Correspondence -- 19th century
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content: Letters referencing the building and renovation of the United States Capitol Building, most of which are from architects who worked on the project. One of the contracts orders iron beams for use in extending the Capitol building in 1857, during the second remodeling.