On this day (February 10) in the 1841, George Templeton Strong wrote the following in his diary: - - - - - - - - - - February 10. . . .Spent the morning variously and, among other things, looked in at Colman's with Post. He has some of the most distinct and perfect Daguerreotype pictures I ever saw, portraits especially. I think that invention succeeds best in buildings and statuary. I wonder if it can be employed to take facsimiles of paintings. . . . Cited From "The Diary of George Templeton Strong: Young Man in New York 1835-1849" edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952). From the chapter "1841" (page 157) in the first of four unnumbered volumes. -------------------------------------------------------------- 02-10-99