United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Resolution 2

United States Statutes at Large, Volume 3
United States Congress
Public Acts of the Fourteenth Congress, 2nd Session, Resolution 2
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Feb. 6, 1817.

II. Resolution to employ John Trumbull, to compose and execute certain paintings.

Four paintings to be placed in the capitol.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ John Trumbull, of Connecticut, to compose and execute four paintings commemorative of the most important events of the American Revolution, to be placed, when finished, in the capitol of the United States.

Approved, February 6, 1817.