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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08246.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters written and received by Montgomery Meigs regarding the Capitol Dome |
| Title | Montgomery Cunningham Meigs to Jehu Glancy Jones regarding the stability of the Capitol's dome |
| Date | 24 June 1858 |
| Author | Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham (1816-1892) |
| Recipient | Jones, Jehu Glancy |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Meigs allays concerns over the Capitol Dome's stability: "There were plenty of people, who when Michel Angelo was building the Dome of St. Peter's thought it would never stand..." Jones was on the House Ways & Means Committee. |
| Subjects | US Capitol Architecture Building Construction Washington, D.C. Congress Art, Music, Theater, and Film Vatican |
| People | Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham (1816-1892) Jones, Jehu Glancy (1811-1878) |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |