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Samuel Meredith Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Caufield, Martin, sculptor. Title:  Samuel Meredith Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  June 8, 1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) SAMUEL MEREDITH/FIRST TREASURER/U.S.A/APPOINTED BY WASHINGTON/SEPT. 11, 1788-1801 (On right of base:) Continental Congress/Trenton/Princeton/Brandywine/Germantown/Meredith unsigned Description:  Full-length male figure dressed in long coat, vest, stock breeches, and boots, stands holding a pair of binoculars in this proper right hand at chest level. He stands atop a pedestal decorated with a relief of crossed keys on the front. Subject:  Portrait male -- Meredith, Samuel -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Binoculars Occupation -- Political -- Secretary of the Treasury History -- United States -- Colonization Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pleasant Mount Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Pleasant Mt. Township, Rd. 1, Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania 18453 Located Triangle Park, Rt. 670 North, South 371, Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: SAMUEL MEREDITH - THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRIBUTE TO THE FINANCIER-PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION WHO WAS FIRST TREASURER OF THE U.S. 1789-1801. GEORGE CLYMER AND MEREDITH WERE LARGE LANDHOLDERS IN THIS AREA. MEREDITH DIED AT HIS ESTATE, BELMONT, IN 1817. For further reading see: The Wayne Independent, June 10, 1904. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Picturesque Wayne, vol. 1, 1904. 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 PA001753   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001753 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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