the fathers of the constitution-第43章

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iladelphia；　wrote　to　Dr。　Emmet：　〃I　enclose　photograph　copies　of　two　miniatures　of　Maj。　Butler　wh。　Mr。　Louis　Butler　＇a　bachelor　then　over　seventy　years　old　living　in　Paris；　France＇　gave　me　not　long　ago：　I　did　not　know　of　their　existence　until　1882；　&　never　heard　of　any　likeness　of　my　great…grandfather；　except　an　oil…portrait　wh。　was　last　seen　more　than　thirty　years　ago　in　a　lumber　room　in　his　former　house　at　the　n。　w。　corner　of　8th　&　Chestnut　streets　＇Phila。＇；　since　then　pulled　down。〃　On　February　8th；　Mrs。　Wister　wrote：　〃I　am　not　surprised　that　the　two　miniatures　do　not　strike　you　as　being　of　the　same　person。　Yet　I　believe　there　is　no　doubt　of　it；　my　cousin　had　them　from　his　father　who　was　Maj。　Butler's　son。　The　more　youthful　one　is　evidently　by　a　poor　artist；　&　therefore　probably　was　a　poor　likeness。〃　In　her　third　letter　to　Dr。　Emmet；　on　April　5；　1888；　Mrs。　Wister　wrote：　〃I　sent　you　back　the　photo。　from　the　youthful　miniature　of　Maj。　Butler　&　regret　very　much　that　I　have　no　copy　of　the　other　left；　but　four　sets　were　made　of　wh。　I　sent　you　one　&　gave　the　others　to　his　few　living　descendants。　I　regret　this　all　the　more　as　I　am　reluctant　to　trust　the　miniature　again　to　a　photographer。　I　live　out　of　town　so　that　there　is　some　trouble　in　sending　&　calling　for　them；　（I　went　personally　last　time；　&　there　are　no　other　likenesses　of　my　great　grandfather　extant。〃　GEORGIA　38。　William　Few；　Emmet　9518；　inscribed　〃Etched　by　Albert　Rosenthal　Phila。　1888。〃　He　also　painted　a　portrait　〃after　John　Ramage；〃　for　Independence　Hall。　They　are　identical。　39。　Abraham　Baldwin；　Emmet　9520；　inscribed〃　Etched　by　Albert　Rosenthal　Phila。　1888。〃　There　is　also　a　painting　〃after　Fulton〃　in　Independence　Hall。　They　are　of　the　same　type　but　not　exactly　alike；　yet　likely　from　the　same　original。　The　variations　may　be　just　artist's　vagaries。　There　is　no　information　in　the　Emmet　correspondence。　40。　William　Jackson；　Secretary；　Emmet　9436；　inscribed　〃Etched　by　Albert　Rosenthal　Phila。　1888　after　Painting　by　J。　Trumbull。〃　Rosenthal　also　painted　a　copy　after　Trumbull　for　Independence　Hall。　They　are　identical。




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