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Major General Joseph Spencer Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Stephen Maslen Company, contractor. Title:  Major General Joseph Spencer Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1904. Dedicated June 22, 1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 3 x 6 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 21 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On bas-relief plaque, bottom:) GORHAM MFG. CO./FOUNDER (On south side of monument:) Erected by the State of/Connecticut/In Memory of/the honorable/JOSEPH SPENCER Efge/Major Gen. of the Army/of the United States of/America Elected Counfeller/of the State of Connecticut/May 1766 and died in office/Jany 13th 1789 in the 75th/Year of his Age Founder's mark appears. Description:  Monument is composed of a pedestal enclosed in four short Doric columns, topped with a Tuscan column and an eagle. There is a bas-relief bust of Major General Joseph Spencer on the pedestal. The eagle's wings are expanded and it is perched on a sphere. Subject:  Portrait male -- Spencer, Joseph -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Major General Animal -- Bird -- Eagle History -- United States -- Revolution Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- East Haddam Relief Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of East Haddam, Department of Public Works, 7 Norwich Avenue, East Haddam, Connecticut 06423 Located Nathan Hale Park, 1 Main Street, East Haddam, Connecticut Remarks:  Commissioned by the State of Connecticut under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter. The amount of $5,000 was appropriated for the monument and an additional donation of $1,500 came from A. Cass Ledyard, a descendent of General Spencer. Joseph Spencer (1714-1789), a native of East Haddam, served in the Continental Army. After the monument was erected in 1904, his remains and those of his wife were moved from Millington Cemetery and reinterred on the site. IAS files contain related article from the Hartford Courant, April 15, 1962 and a copy of the dedication program. For further reading see Kathleen Sinclair Wood, "Clues to American Sculpture," (Starrhill Press, 1990), pg. 25. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. 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 CT000361   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000361 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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