Letter from Gales & Seaton to Mordecai Manuel Noah Regarding a George Washington Statue, March 8, 1822 A one-and-a-half-page letter dated March 8, 1822, from the publishers Gales & Seaton in Washington, D.C., to Mordecai Manuel Noah in New York City. The letter discusses the commissioning of an American artist to create a sculpture of George Washington, specifically mentioning the sculptor Henry Causici and his qualifications.