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In Washington's first Administration somebody called
attention to the fact that the monument had not been built,
to which my grandfather, Roger Sherman, answered: "The vote
is the monument." I was led by the anecdote to do what I could
to have the long-neglected duty performed. The statue and
monument, by two French artists of great genius, now stands
at one corner of Lafayette Square. The statue of Rochambeau
has just been placed at another corner of that square.
I was also fortunate enough, when I was on the Library Committee,
to secure the purchase of the Franklin Papers for the Department
of State. William Temple Franklin, the Doctor's son, died
in London, leaving at his lodgings a mass of valuable correspondence
of his father, and other papers illustrating his life, especially
in France. They were discovered in the possession of the
keeper of his lodgings, many years after, by Henry Stevens,
the famous antiquary and dealer in rare books. Stevens had
got into difficulties about money, and had pledged the collection
for about twenty-five thousand dollars.


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