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Within the house might be placed the portraits of 

 the great proprietor and of his associates in civil and 

 military life. In the principal hall should stand his 

 own by Stuart, with that of his aid and confidential 

 friend General Hamilton on one side, and on the 

 other, that of Lafayette by Scheffer, which now hangs 

 in the Rotonda of the Capital. After these would 

 naturally follow those of Knox, Lincoln, Greene, 

 Lee, Gates, Morgan, Sumpter, and the others. 

 Warren, the young martyr of Bunker-Hill, should 

 hold a conspicuous place, and the hero of Benning- 

 ton should not be omitted. Another principal room 

 should be devoted to the commemoration of those 

 who served the country in civil life. At the head of 

 these, should be stationed Franklin, John Adams, 

 and Jefferson, with the members of the Continental 

 Congress grouped around them. In their company 

 should appear the others, whose services were 

 most conspicuous in the earlier scenes that preceded 

 the decisive action. There should be seen the open 

 face and manly person of Sajiuiel Adams, as repre- 

 sented by Copley. By the side of this, our more 

 than Cato, might stand Patrick Henry, our untaught 

 Demosthenes, John Dickinson, the lettered farmer, 

 and Otis, — a name endeared to the citizens of Bos- 

 ton by the patriotic virtues and charming eloquence 

 of more than one generation. In another of the 

 rooms should be collected the younger generation 

 who were associated with Washington in completing 

 the work of the Revolution, by reforming the govern- 

 ment and introducing the present Federal constitu- 

 tion. Here should be another portrait of Washing- 



