Word: tablets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bronze tablet is to be placed in the Capitol at Washington to mark the place where John Quincy Adams fell in his last illness. The tablet will be circular in form and will bear the inscription, "John Q. Adams, February 21, 1848," around the edge, and the word "Here" in the centre...
...shape, and will occupy the upper story. It will be connected with the main library by speaking tubes, so that books may be ordered easily by the readers. A large open fire-place will be built in one of the angles. Above it will be placed a bronze tablet, in memory of the late Mrs. Rusk, the daughter of the doner...
Williams College will place a memorial tablet in the college cemetery, in memory of its late ex-President, Dr. Mark Hopkins. The tablet will be made of new Westerly granite, and will weigh about six tons. It will consist of a large, highly-supported plate, supported by six engraved columns...
...Trinity Tablet has been placed in charge of the three upper classes, instead of only juniors, as formerly...
...welcomed into all the less exclusive bodies of European savants. He has served the American Academy of Arts and Science as its president, and has presided over the American Association for the advancement of science. In 1884 his portrait, made in bronze, was presented to Harvard College. No tablet of bronze will be necessary to perpetuate the scientific fame of Asa Gray. It is well, however, that generations of scholars yet unborn may thus be able to gaze upon the gentle features of a man whom no one has yet surpassed in the lustre which he has shed upon their...