Record

Document Reference	Os C 178
Title	Letter from E. Everett, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A, to J.E. Denison; 9 Nov. 1853
Date	9 November 1853
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on arrival of post by steamer; refers to the Denison's meeting [Hiram] Powers in Florence and praises his work and character; hopes Powers will take [statue] 'America' to England and comments that he hopes to persuade Congress to buy his work; comments on Lord Ellesmere's commission for Powers to make statue for him for Bridgewater House; asks Denison or Lady Charlotte to help resolve misunderstanding over delay in commission; refers to copy of letter sent to Lord John Russell; has continued correspondance with Russell on Cuban question and refers to Russell's dispatches to [John] Crampton; comments on health and whereabouts of family members.
Term	art, statues
	postal service
	art, sculpture
	patronage, artistic
	foreign policy
	parliamentary business, debates, Cuban Question 1853

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1016	Scott; Charlotte (1806-1889); Viscountess Ossington; née Cavendish-Bentinck m 1827 J.E. Denison Viscount Ossington	1806-1889
NA9740	Powers; Hiram (1805-1873); Mr; American sculptor	1805-1873
NA9447	Egerton; Francis (1800-1857); 1st Earl of Ellesmere; also F. Leveson-Gower M.P.	1800-1857
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA9741	Everett; Charlotte G. (fl 1822-1861); Mrs; née Brooks wife of Edward Everett	fl 1822-1861
NA9684	Everett; Edward (1794-1865); Mr; American statesman and scholar	1794-1865
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA6206	Crampton; John Fiennes Twisleton (1805-1886); 2nd Baronet; succ. 1858; British Diplomatic Service	1805-1886