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Shown in circa 1960 is "Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella," sculpted by American Larkin Goldsmith Meade was donated to the State of California by local Sacramento banker Darius Ogden Mills in 1883. Resting below the Capitol rotunda, the 5 ton work is enscribed with the following words: "I will assume the undertaking on behalf of the crown of Castile, and will pledge my jewels to defray the expenses of it, if the funds in the treasury shall be found inadequate."
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