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having a maize capital. This is referred to by Kimball,! as “ uti- 
lizing Latrobe’s maize capital,” with a reference to a letter from 
Jefferson to Latrobe, dated August 27, 1816.2 From these data 
it seems a highly probable inference that the tobacco capital on 
the pedestal was also designed by Latrobe. No doubt evidence 
exists among the Jefferson or the Latrobe papers confirming this 
inference.—C, S. G. 
1 Kimball, Fiske. Thomas Jefferson, Architect. Boston. Printed for 
private distribution, Riverside Press, Cambridge. ) 
2 Jefferson Papers. 
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