Knowledge is never wasted except on those too lazy to use it: Augustus Saint Gaudens produced exquisite portrait reliefs throughout his career using skills he learned at age thirteen, as a cameo-cutter. One of Saint Gaudens’s most popular portrait reliefs shows Robert Louis Stevenson, the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Second of three posts on Hamilton’s financial program, 1790-1791. Last week’s post, the introduction to this series, included a chronology of Hamilton’s major writings as secretary of the Treasury and an outline of Hamilton’s First Report on Public Credit, submitted to … Continue reading
This is Essay 7 from my 2003 book Forgotten Delights: The Producers, A Selection of Manhattan’s Outdoor Sculptures. .. -. …- . -. – — .-. — ..-. — — .-. … . -.-. — -.. . (Inventor of Morse Code) … Continue reading
Tiptoeing on eggshells across a minefield: a non-economist grapples with Hamilton’s major works as secretary of the Treasury. This week’s post includes an outline of Hamilton’s First Report on Public Credit, submitted to Congress in January 1790. The next two posts … Continue reading
“The Minstrel Boy” Listen (John McDermott has a wonderful voice!) as if you’d never heard this song before. It isn’t just about Ireland: it’s about not surrendering your values. The Minstrel-boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you’ll … Continue reading
The first post in this series is here, second here, third here. All photos in this series are copyright © 2017 Dianne L. Durante. General Slocum General Henry Warner Slocum, on the east side of Grand Army Plaza, is by Frederick MacMonnies, who … Continue reading
Hamilton plunges into business as secretary of the Treasury. Setting precedents Once the Constitution was ratified, the new United States government had to be constructed from the ground up. One relatively minor issue was presidential etiquette. Soon after his inauguration … Continue reading
The first part of this series is here, the second here. This one goes from the Concert Ground to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch at Grand Army Plaza. All images copyright © 2017 Dianne L. Durante. Washington Irving When it comes … Continue reading