Author: United States. Congress
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ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis Torres
Publisher:
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.
Publisher:
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.
Journal of the ... Annual Council
Author: Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota. Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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The Statist
Author:
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ...
Author: Independent Order of Odd Fellows of North Carolina. Grand Lodge
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Western Electrician
Author:
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The Michigan Alumnus
Author:
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.
Michigan Alumnus. Football Edition
Author:
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Supreme Court Appellate Division First Department
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
Who's who in America
Author: John W. Leonard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2504
Book Description
Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2504
Book Description
Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.