Record

Document Reference	Os C 587
Title	Letter from E. Everett, Washington, U.S.A., to J.E. Denison; 20 Feb. 1854
Date	20 February 1854
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to Denison's interest in Mr [Hiram] Powers; comments on difficulty of interesting Congress in anything but 'great party questions'; believes that Powers could have gained commission to sculpture figures on new Capitol building wing; states that Mr Crawford will take up commission; refers to Power's statue 'America'; comments on voting procedures in U.S.A. including secret ballots; refers to slavery controversy as 'the skeleton in our political house'; compares situation with questions relating to Ireland, pauperism, radicalism and India for British Government; believes war between Britain and Russia inevitable due to Czar [Nikolai]'s attitude.
Term	political parties, Radicals
	slavery, U.S.A.
	American affairs, elections
	American affairs, politics
	art, sculpture
	patronage, political
	patronage, artistic
	wars, Crimean War 1853-6
	foreign relations

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9740	Powers; Hiram (1805-1873); Mr; American sculptor	1805-1873
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873
NA10148	Crawford; Thomas (c.1813-1857); Mr; American sculptor	c.1813-1857
NA6000	Nicholas I (1796-1855); Tsar of Russia; ( succeeded 1825)	1796-1855
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