Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
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Author List of the New Hampshire State Library, June 1, 1902 ...
Author: New Hampshire State Library
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The American Partnership
Author: Daniel Judah Elazar
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis Torres
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ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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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.
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ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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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.
Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs Division
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Documents Accompanying the Journal of the House
Author: Michigan. Legislature
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents
Author: United States. President
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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