"[2] Dallin's neighbor, Edward Verne Powell (accomplished professional jazz and big band flute player, and son of Boston flute maker Verne Q. Powell), modeled for the arm of the child.

[3] Dallin reproduced the sculpture in the Signing of the Mayflower Compact bas relief in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, police closed the gates to the State House lawn, cutting off public access to several of the statues, including Hutchinson, John F. Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, Horace Mann and Daniel Webster.

Only the equestrian statue of Joseph Hooker and the statue of Mary Dyer remained open to close public inspection, as they are located in the pedestrian plaza of the building's main public entrance.

[5] Visitors are still not allowed full access to the State House lawn and the other statues.