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Territory of Wyoming

Granite Stone

Name: Wyoming Territory Level: 220-ft. Donor: Wyoming Territory Dates: 1884/1885 Original material: granite Dimensions: 2' x 4' Sculptor/Carver: D. McMenamin [MR] Original inscription: Tribute of Wyoming Territory to the memory of him who by universal consent was chief among the founders of the Republic. Documented material history: • 1884: “A letter from E.S.N. Morgan in Cheyenne, Wyoming to [John] Blake, on May 10, 1883: ‘I find some difficulty in having the stone prepared here . . . Will you please give me the address of some ‘marble’ worker in Washington to whom I could safely commit the work.’ A letter from D. McMenamin to Horatio King, dated Feb 11, 1884: ‘I have completed the slab of granite to be placed in the Washington Monument. I was given the order last Dec 14, 1883 by E.S.N. Morgan of the Wyoming Territory. . . .’” [MR]

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