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e Capitol Dome is a publication of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 200 Maryland, Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002. P: (202) 543-8919 F: (202) 525-2790 Catalog Orders: (800) 887-9318 email: uschs@uschs.org on the web: www.uschs.org Editor and Chief Historian: William diGiacomantonio Managing Editor: Lauren Borchard Designer: Diana E. Wailes Printer: HBP Inc. All uncredited photos are courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational organization. To help support its public programming, visit www.uschs.org. 2017 USCHS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mitch Bainwol Hon. Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Hon. Roy Blunt Jean P. Bordewich Kenneth Bowling, Ph.D. Marc Cadin Nicholas E. Calio Sean Callinicos Donald G. Carlson (chair) Hon. Bob Casey Jeanne deCervens Joseph W. Dooley Andrew Durant Hon. Virginia Foxx Mary Moore Hamrick Mark Hopkins Hon. John B. Larson Brett Loper Hon. Edward A. Pease Lorraine Miller Craig Purser Cokie Roberts Hon. Ron Sarasin Anna Schneider Jan Schoonmaker Matthew Shay Dontai Smalls William G. Sutton, CAE James Thurber, Ph.D. Connie Tipton (vice-chair) Brig. Gen. Tim White Mike Zarrelli Maura Molloy Grant (counsel) Contents Bernardo de Gálvez and Spain's Role in the American Revolutionary War………..................................................................…2 by Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, S.J.D. & Ph.D. Bernardo de Gálvez in the Capitol……............................…………..15 by Joseph W. Dooley and William diGiacomantonio Female Allegories and Male Putti: A Sampling of Statuary and Murals in the Library of Congress……...........................................20 by Lynda Cooper, Ph.D. Representative Lincoln at Work: Reconstructing a Legislative Career from Original Archival Documents….......................…….33 by David J. Gerleman, Ph.D. Society News………..........................................................................…47 Marketplace…………….....................................................................…56 Cover: This portrait of Bernardo de Gálvez, presently hanging in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Room (S-116), is a replica painted by Carlos Monserrate of Málaga, Spain. The original, commissioned by King Carlos III as a gift for Gálvez's services in Spain's war with Great Britain (1779-83) and executed by the court painter Mariano Sal- vador Maella (1739-1819), remains in a private collection in Málaga. (Photo courtesy of Manolo Olmedo Checa, Vice President of the Aso- ciacion de Bernardo de Gálvez) UNITED STATES CAPITOL ----------- HISTORICAL SOCIETY