Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Matthews, N. C., designer.

McDonald, Cutler & Company, fabricator.

Chicopee Bronze Works, founder.

Chicopee Bronze Works, founder.

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

1899. Dedicated May 16, 1900.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Barre granite.

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 1 in. x 2 1/2 ft. x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 17 1/2 ft. x 10 ft. x 10 ft.

(On east side of base:) LIBERTY AND UNION/NOW AND FOREVER/ONE AND INSEPARABLE (On south side of base:) JAFFREY COMMEMORATES THE/PATRIOTISM OF HER SONS/WHO SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY/AND NAVY 1861-1865/THE MEXICAN WAR/WAR OF 1812-1814,/AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. (On back of base:) 1899 unsigned

Full-length bronze figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform with cap and overcoat. He holds a rifle; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. His proper left hand rests on the rifle tip at the wrist. On his belt are a bayonet and two pouches. The sculpture stands atop a granite shaft which rests on a stepped granite base. The vertical surface of the bottom step is rough-hewn.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Revolution

History -- United States -- War of 1812

History -- United States -- Mexican War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Jaffrey

Administered by Town of Jaffrey, Main Street, Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452

Located Main street in front of Clay Library, Jaffrey, New Hampshire

The cost of the monument was $2,824.75. The Woman's Relief Corps contributed $1,100 and the balance of $1,724.75 was drawn from a sum appropriated by the town. The monument shaft and base was designed by Matthews (M. H. Mosman & Co.); and was fabricated and erected by McDonald, Cutler & Company. The sculpture was cast at Chicopee, MA.

IAS files contain copies of annual reports from the Town of Jaffrey for 1900 and 1901; and related articles from Keene (NH) Evening Sentinel, May 17, 1900 and Peterboro Transcript, May 17, 1900. IAS files contain excerpt from Annett and Lehtinen's "History of Jaffrey, Vol. 1", Jaffrey: 1937, pg. 472-473; and excerpt from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, unpublished manuscript, pg. 48-49.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

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