State Agricultural Society. 179 



SEVENTH DEPARTMENT. 



San Francisco, December 16th, 1874. 



To the Committee on Award of Gold Medals for eighteen hundred and sev- 

 enty-four: 



I hereby enter a claim for the medal of the Seventh Department — 

 fine arts — on the ground of having made the best exhibit at the late 

 Fair, the committee awarding me the premium for "best exhibit by one 

 artist." At the time of entry, 1 also laid claim to the medal, but I notice 

 a request in the papers requiring a written statement by exhibitors, and 

 I hasten to comply. 



Eespectfully yours, 



NOKTON BUSH. 



Sacramento, November, 1874. 

 To the Gold Medal Committee: 



Gentlemen: Having made an exhibit of twelve landscape paintings 

 in oil at your State Fair this season, nine of which were original studies 

 of California scenery, and none of which have previously received your 

 society's premium, and having taken the honor at the hands of your 

 Judges of the highest premium awarded in the art of oil painting, 

 namely: for the best painting in oil, including the best landscape in oil, 

 I feel justified in making claim to the gold medal of your society for the 

 same. 



Very respectfully, 



F. JAY LEWIS. 



Sacramento, December 10th, 1874. 

 To the Committee on Award of Gold Medals of the State Agricultural Society: 



Gentlemen: We wish to submit the following as the principal reasons 

 for our claim to the gold medal in the Seventh Department: 



First — We had a larger and better display than was ever made in this 

 or any other State Fair in the United States, so far as our information 

 goes. 



Second — We exhibited Vermont, Italian, and California marble. 



Third — The variety of our work exceeded our display of last year 

 one hundred per cent. 



Fourth — All our work was first-class, and would bear criticism from 

 any source. 



Fifth — We had more money value in the exhibition than any other 

 in mechanical arts in the Fair. 



