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In his last months in office Richardson became embroiled in the "Sanborn Incident." John Sanborn, hired by Richardson under a congressional act to recover unpaid taxes, had kept much of what he had collected. Congress investigated the matter, and through no direct involvement by Richardson, his removal was demanded. Grant responded by appointing Richardson to a position on the Massachusetts Court of Claims in 1874. About the ArtistBorn in Leeds, England in 1817, Richard Morrell Staigg (1817–1881) immigrated to this country in 1831 and first studied painting in Newport, Rhode Island with Jane Stuart, daughter of Gilbert Stuart. Staigg moved to Boston around 1840 to study further with Washington Allston, and spent most of his career in that city. Well versed in such diverse fields of painting as portraiture, miniatures, genre, and landscape, the National Academy of Design elected him a National Academician in 1881. Staigg's portrait of William A. Richardson, painted in 1880, was probably done from life. Office of the Curator
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