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    		• Kitson, Henry Hudson,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Conant, Roger
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Roger Conant (1592-1679) 1st Settler of Salem, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863-1947, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Roger Conant (1592-1679) 1st Settler of Salem, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1911. Dedicated June 17, 1913.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite boulder.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 6 x 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture, right side, below cape:) HENRY KITSON FECIT 1911 (On sculpture, left side of bronze base:) COPYRIGHTED/HENRY H. KITSON 1911 (On plaque, front of base:) ROGER CONANT/BORN 1592-DIED 1679/THE FIRST SETTLER OF SALEM, 1626/"I was a means, through grace assisting/me, to stop the flight of those few/that then were here with me,/and that by my utter denial/to go away with them, who/would have gone either for/England, or mostly for Virginia" signed
    Description: 
    A standing portrait of Roger Conant with his proper right hand resting on a tree stump. Caught by the wind, his long cape billows around him. The sculpture rests atop a large boulder in the middle of a small traffic circle. The boulder is surrounded by a low wrought iron fence.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Conant, Roger -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Governor
    Dress -- Historic -- Pilgrim Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Salem, Public Works Department, One Salem Green, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
    Located Brown Street & Washington Square West, Salem, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    In 1626, Roger Conant (1592-1679) led a small group of settlers to Naumkeag, or "fishing place," (later Salem) to resettle after their small fishing colony at Cape Ann disbanded and most of the settlers returned home to England. The sculpture was funded by the Conant Family Association. For additional reading see: "Visitor's Guide to Salem," Salem: Essex Institute, 1937, pg. 201.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5030, 1989.
    Monumental News, Jan., May 1913.
    SOS Assessment Award, 2001.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 76006649
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