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The First Discussion of the Platte Purchase, (painting). Artist:  Ufer, Walter, 1876-1936, painter. Title:  The First Discussion of the Platte Purchase, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1917-1928. Dimensions:  12 x 6 ft. Description:  This lunette, one of twenty-two along the second floor corridor, depicts General Andrew S. Hughes standing atop a tree stump addressing a group of settlers gathered at Dale's Farm, near Liberty, Missouri. Standing against a tree behind him is General Alexander W. Doniphan. The settlers have gathered to discuss the acquisition of the fertile Platte River country for the state of Missouri, although the land had been assigned to three Indian tribes after Missouri was admitted to the Union. The settlers approved of the acquisition, and a committee was formed to draft a request from Congress. The "Platte Purchase" took place through the efforts of the Missouri delegation in Congress, at a cost of $7,500. A treaty was negotiated with the Indians by explorer William Clark. Subject:  History -- United States -- Missouri Landscape -- Missouri -- Liberty Portrait male -- Hughes, Andrew S. -- Full length Portrait male -- Doniphan, Alexander William -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Figure group Object Type:  Mural Lunette Painting Owner:  Missouri State Capitol, 2nd floor corridor, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 References:  Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed. Illustration:  Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed., (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission: pg. 100). 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:  IAP 27620042   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 27620042 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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