Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Proceedings at the Inauguration of the Statue of Daniel Webster, Erected in the Central Park, New York, July Fourth, 1876
Sharing in this estimate of the great statesman's character, and his relation to the history of the whole country, Mr. Gordon webster burnham, a native of New England, and a citizen of New York, conceived the idea of a statue, to be erected in the chief city of America, which should preserve and transmit to future generations the characteristic form and features of the man, and stand as a lasting memorial of his work.
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