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Notes from the Capital
March 8, 1917 issue

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The recent decision of the Controller of the U.S. Treasury disallowing the claim of Daniel Chester French for $154 of expense incurred in altering the pin-feathers on the model of an eagle designed for the National Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park, brings to mind the first money earned by French for a public work, and shows that small communities are sometimes more open-handed than great republics. The Controller's decision in the present instance does not regard in any way the merits of the work done: it involves simply the technical question of the authority of the architect, Henry Bacon, to order changes in design which would increase the cost of the memorial in this manner.

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PUBLIC works; ARCHITECTURAL design; FRENCH, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; BACON, Henry; ARCHITECTS; UNITED States. Dept. of the Treasury; UNITED States
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