Grammage are the same weight paper having different cut size. However, a sheet of common copy paper that has a basis weight of does not have the same mass as the same size sheet of coarse paper (newsprint). In the former case, the standard ream is 500 sheets of paper, and in the latter, 500 sheets of paper. Here are some basic ream sizes for various types of paper. Units are inches except where noted. Sheets can be cut into four sheets, a standard for business stationery known conventionally as "letter sized paper". So, the ream became commonly used. The book-paper
Admiral David G. Farragut (Ream statue) "of Miss Vinnie Ream is the only likeness in the lot." General William Tecumseh Sherman, who was reportedly infatuated with Ream, also became a strong advocate for her model. He wrote to the committee that "the plaster model of Vinnie Ream struck me decidedly as the best likeness, and recalled the memory of the Admiral's face and figure more perfectly than any other model there on exhibition." The decision by the committee ultimately ended in a three-way tie between Ream, Stone, and MacDonald. The project stalled until the next Congress convened in 1874. A commission to select the winning model