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the courteous invitation it contained. I regret now to say that it will not be in my power to be present at the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee, which I the more regret after my vivid recollections of the kindness and courtesy I received at Cincinnati at the last meeting, and the very great pleasure I there enjoyed.

With my best wishes for the success of the meeting and my kindest regards to those of the comrades who remember me,

I remain, most respectfully and truly yours,

GEO. E. MEADE,

Major-General.

COLONEL J. K. PROUDFIT,

Corresponding Secretary Local Ex. Com.:

MY DEAR SIR:-Your kind favor of the 1st inst., enclosing an invitation to me to be present at the annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee in Madison, Wisconsin, is at hand. It would give me unbounded pleasure to meet my comrades of the Army of the Tennessee, but I had previously accepted an invitation to attend a reunion of the veterans of the war of 1812, which occurs at the same time at Monroe, Michigan. But for this prior engagement, I should most certainly avail myself of the opportunity to be with you at your reunion on the 3rd and 4th of July. Wishing you a successful and happy gathering, and hoping I may be permitted to join with you upon some future similar occasion,

I am, most truly yours,

G. A. CUSTER, U. S. A.

This correspondence, as usual, was a marked feature of the meeting, and the occasion of much good feeling and interest on the part of those present.

The correspondence with those invited specially by the Committee of Arrangements, fully indicates the high estimation in which our Society is held.

General Hickenlooper read letters announcing the death of Lieutenant J. B. Sample and Lieutenant J. R. Randall, and the death of Surgeon H. E. Foote, Major-General J. M. Oliver and Colonel James J. Alexander was also announced.

A. HICKENLOOPER,

KEOKUK, IOWA, May 30, 1872.

Corresponding Secretary S. A. T., Cincinnati, O.

Lieutenant James B. Sample, 7th Iowa Infantry, early promoted to a Captaincy, and breveted Major some time prior to his muster-out, who served as Assistant Adjutant-General with Generals Tuttle, Mower, Gerrard and others, and who may have belonged to your Society, died March 24th, 1868, of consumption, while upon a steamer upon the Alabama river, en route from Montgomery to Ft. Madison, Iowa, the residence of his mother. Being his elder

brother's son, his companion in boyhood and comrade-in-arms, I was selected to minister to his wants during his struggle with death, and can therefore testify to his ardent and lasting affection for our glorious country—the only wife he wedded-for which he deemed it his chief honor to have shed blood.

Yours truly,

SAM. S. SAMPLE.

A. HICKENLOOPER, ESQ.,

Cincinnati, Ohio:

DEAR SIR:-It becomes my painful duty to inform you, and through you the members of the Army of the Tennessee, of the sudden death of my husband, Lieutenant J. R. Randall, which occurred on the morning of January 22nd, 1872, of heart disease.

Yours respectfully,

MRS. J. R. RANDALL,

General Hickenlooper, on behalf of the McPherson Monument Association, presented and read their annual report, as follows:

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MCPHERSON MONUMENT.

MADISON, Wis., July 3, 1872.

Mr. President, and Members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: GENTLEMEN:-On behalf of Committee on McPherson Monument I have the honor to submit the following report for the information of the members of the Society:

Balance remaining in my hands April 6, 1871, as per

last report

April 7, W. C. Jacobs, Akron, O.

Nov. 30, R. P. Buckland, Clyde, O.

Interest accumulated to date

Total

Out of which the following payments have been made:
Aug. 14, 1871, transporting cannon from depot

$6,612 12

5 00 1,500 00 397 00

$8.514 12

$

22 00

Jan.

11, 1872, Richards & Herman, for building, as per contract

630 00

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July 3, July 3,

Balance in my hands

7,254 12

In hands of Gen. Leggett, as per last report $2,303 74
Interest to date,

138 22

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The two latter sums have probably been bearing interest since first pledged, but time not reported by Committee.

Mr. Jones having notified this Committee of his inability to proceed, and having formally abandoned his contract, we, on the 27th of December, 1871, entered into the following contract with Louis T. Rebisso for the execution of a model of the statue after the design originally adopted; and caused suit to be entered against the estate of the late Cornelius Bealer for the recovery of damages resulting from abandonment of former contract, which suit is now pending.

CONTRACT.

This agreement, made this day, between Louis T. Rebisso of the first part, and W. B. Hazen, M. D. Leggett and A. Hickenlooper, the Committee having in charge the erection of a monument to the memory of Major-General James B. McPherson, at Clyde, Sandusky County, O., of the second part, witnesseth:— 1st. That said party of the first part agrees to proceed to make a study model for a bronze equestrian statue of the said Major-General James B. McPherson, which is to be a correct likeness, and if said model be approved by the party of the second part, then to proceed at once to construct therefrom a complete and accurate full-sized working model of the same, properly divided into parts, and ready, in every respect, to be boxed and sent to the founder. The figure of McPherson in said complete working model to be eight feet in height, and the horse in proportion, and the base or bronze plinth to be of the size required in the contract between T. D. Jones and the party of the second part, hereinafter referred to.

2nd. Said party of the first part further agrees that, from the execution of this contract, he will perform no other work whatever, but will devote his whole time and attention to the construction of the said models, and will fully complete the same within the space of two years from the execution of this contract unless prevented by sickness. And it is agreed between the parties that the damages by each day's delay, after the expiration of the said two years, are fairly to be estimated at five ($5) dollars, and are, therefore, to avoid dispute, fixed by agreement at that sum per day, and are to be paid by said party of the first part and his sureties as liquidated damages and not by way of penalty.

3rd. Said party of the second part hereby agrees to erect at once, on the lot occupied by the said party of the first part on Walnut Hills, a studio to cost

not more than six hundred and thirty ($630) dollars, and to pay said party of the first part the sum of eighty ($So) dollars at the end of each and every month from the date of the contract until the completion of the working model or the termination of this contract, as hereinafter provided. Said party of the second part also agrees to pay:-1st, the expenses of a man to stand as a model, not to exceed forty ($40) dollars; 2d, the expense of the use of a horse for modeling, not to exceed sixty ($60) dollars; 3d, the cost of a revolving bench, not to exceed thirty ($30) dollars, and the cost of the clay and plaster necessary for the construction of said models.

4th. Said party of the second part further agrees, upon the full and entire completion of the said working models, ready for the founder in every respect, to the satisfaction of said party of the second part, to pay said party of the first part such sum as will, with the sums already paid him in the monthly payments of eighty ($So) dollars, above stipulated for, make up the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars. It is also agreed, that upon such successful completion, the studio and bench and study model, first made, shall become and remain the property of said party of the first part.

5th. Said party of the second part expressly reserves the right to terminate this contract at any time that the progress of the said work is not satisfactory to them, or at any time they may be satisfied that the said party of the first part is not going to produce a model satisfactory to them, of which event said party of the second part, or any person, whether one of them or a stranger, to whom they may in writing delegate the power to decide, are to be the sole and final judges, and said party of the first part expressly agrees that the said parties of the second part shall have a right to terminate this contract as above stipulated, and that thereupon he will not claim or bring suit for any sum of money whatever under the same, and further agrees, in such event, he and his sureties will repay to the said party of the second part the sum of money expended by them in the erection of the studio as above provided.

6th. Said party of the second part further agrees, in case of the satisfactory completion of the said working model as above stipulated, and the erection of a monument according to the contract entered into on the 13th day of October, 1869, between the party of the second part and T. D. Jones, which said Jones has failed to perform, with such changes and modifications as said party of the second part may choose to make therein, and the payment of all the expenses of every kind attending the entire completion and arrangement of said monument and the grounds attached thereto, to pay over to said party of the first part any money that may be remaining in their hands from the sums raised for the erection of said monument; but it is expressly understood that said party of the second part do not guarantee that there is to be any remainder whatever, and are not in any way to be held personally liable for any sum whatever under this paragraph.

In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their names, this 27th day of December, 1871.

Witness: H. J. STANBERRY.

LOUIS T. REBISSO,

W. B. HAZEN,

M. D. LEGGETT,

A. HICKENLOOPER.

The conditions in reference to re-payment in case of abandonment or suspension of contract are secured by a good and sufficient bond.

The studio referred to has been built, and Mr. Rebisso has, for the past six or seven months, been actively engaged on the study model, and so far has made satisfactory progress in this most difficult part of his task. Immediately upon the completion of the model it is the intention of the committee to enter into a contract for the casting. When, where, and with whom this contract will be made it is now impossible to state.

The suit for damages under the former contract has been placed in charge of Hon. J. Bryant Walker, an able counselor and member of this Society, in whose hands we are satisfied the interests of the committee will not suffer. This case will probably be heard some time during the coming winter, unless sooner compromised.

The cannon appropriated by Congress have, through the exertion of General J. C. Cavender and other members of the Society, resident in St. Louis, and the kindness and liberality of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, been transported from St. Louis to Cincinnati free of charge. To these gentlemen and the railroad officials our thanks are due, and the Society should, by an appropriate resolution, acknowledge our indebtedness.

It is scarcely possible that we will be able to fully complete this monument with the sum of money now at our disposal, and in order that there may be no further delay in consequence of pecuniary embarassments, we would respectfully, but earnestly, urge that renewed efforts be made by our members to obtain a sufficient sum to carry this work through to an early and successful completion.

Respectfully,

A. HICKENLOOPER,

Secretary.

On motion of Captain Lanstrum:

Resolved, That the report of the committee of the McPherson Monument Association be accepted, properly spread upon the records of the Society, and the committee continued.

There being no business requiring action of the Society till the various committees appointed can confer.

On motion of Colonel Reynolds:

· Resolved, That the Society adjourn till to-morrow at 2 o'clock, the meeting for annual addresses, etc., to transpire this evening as appointed.

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