Ordered, that so much of the message of his excellency the Governor as relates to the bestowment to this commonwealth, and the location, of the statue of Washington, within the State House, together with his excellency's second message on the same subject, be committed to Messrs. Baylies, of Taunton, Worthington, Lenox, and Taylor, Northampton...

At head of text: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives, January 5, 1828

[Boston, Massachusetts] : [Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1828]

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House (Series) (Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives) ; 1828, no. 8.

Discussion of "a treasure so invaluable as the statute of Washington" which was provided by the Trustees of the Washington Monument Association. The report also extols the value of statutes as memorials and in showing gratitude. It is noted that Massachusetts was the place in which George Washington "commenced that series of glorious deeds and heroic undertakings which emancipated a people and created a nation." The report is signed by Francis Baylies, Chairman.

Dutton and Wentworth were printers to the state in 1828.

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