In March of 1894, an article titled, "Should be Restored: The Original Appearance of the Old Senate Chamber" appeared in the Baltimore Sun describing the proposed restoration to when Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the continental army and the renewed sense of patriotism and preservation shared among the citizens of Maryland. The article notes that the project had created "widespread interest and has been the subject of much favorable comment in Baltimore" and the author interviewed several of its residents. Included was a special dispatch to the Sun from Annapolis stating:
“The committee has ascertained that the sashes which were taken from
the windows of the State House by Governor Carroll were bought by the
late R.C. Holliday [sic] and sent by him to his farm near Easton. Mr.
Mayer has written to Senator Charles H. Gibson, who now has the farm to
ask him whether the sashes are still there and whether one of them can
be procured for a pattern.”
