Adams Statue: Rogers to Bigelow, 1857 (page 1)

Rome July 21st 1857

Mr Jacob Bigelow

Dear Sir

Some time
ago Mr Story handed me
your letter dated July 1st
1856 stating that the Trustees
of the Mount Auburn Co had
paid my draft, but that
they found some difficulty
in doing so because I had
not fulfilled that part of
the contract which requires
me to convey to the Trustees
my large model. Nothing
but my ignorance of the necess-
ity of doing so prevented me
from fulfilling the contract to