Gift of France
1884
This colorfully illustrated document presented “Liberty Enlightening the World” to the United States on July 4, 1884. A gift from the people of France, the Statue of Liberty was accepted by the U.S. Minister to France, Levi P. Morton, in Paris, on behalf of the people of the United States. The statue, work of sculptor A. Bartholdi, was installed in New York Harbor in 1886.
National Archives, General Records of the Department of State
