The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]

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Title
The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
Author
Harry Watkins
Editor
Amy E. Hughes, Naomi Stubbs
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Harry Watkins. Diary. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive), box 17, MS Thr 857. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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Date
July 22, 1853
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"The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]." In the digital collection The Harry Watkins Diary: Digital Edition. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hwatkins/hwatkins.0011.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.

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29 January 1854

Pleasant—Letter from Fitzgerald slipeditor of the "City Item" Philada (Philadelphia) , informing me that Bowers sought to arrogate to himself all the credit of procuring the Dramatic Block for the Washington Monument—When the movement was set on foot, of all those who professed to be the leaders of it, Mr Bowers made the least exertion to secure its success—He did not even attend the preliminary meeting—nor the meeting organising the society; from the first, business, he said, prevented his attendance—and when the second was held he had made an engagement to dine out. yet now, forsooth this individual would clothe his little body with whatever honors may accrue to him, a those, who originated the idea. I wrote Fitzgerald a full account of the whole affair—with whom it originated—and who were the active promoters of its success

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