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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: 1881-1889. iv, 852 p., 1 pl., 3 port
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Dictionary Catalogue of the Library of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria
Author: Provincial Archives of British Columbia. LibraryPublisher: Macmillan Reference USA
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1908: 1881-1889
Author: United States. PresidentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis TorresPublisher:
ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Washington Monument is one of the most easily recognized structures in America, if not the world, yet the long and tortuous history of its construction is much less well known. Beginning with its sponsorship by the Washington National Monument Society and the grudging support of a largely indifferent Congress, the Monument's 1848 groundbreaking led only to a truncated obelisk, beset by attacks by the Know Nothing Party and lack of secured funding and, from the mid-1850s, to a twenty-year interregnum. It was only 1n 1876 that a Joint Commission of Congress revived the Monument and entrusted its completion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.In "To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington": The United States Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Washington Monument, historian Louis Torres tells the fascinating story of the Monument, with a particular focus on the efforts of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, Captain George W. Davis, and civilian Corps employee Bernard Richardson Green and the details of how they completed the construction of this great American landmark. The book also includes a discussion and images of the various designs, some of them incredibly elaborate compared to the austere simplicity of the original, and an account of Corps stewardship of the Monument up to its takeover by the National Park Service in 1933. First published in 1985. 148 pages, ill.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897
Author: United States. PresidentPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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