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Appendix C:
MEMBERS OF THE JOINT COMMISSION

Members of the Joint Commission
Descriptions on four faces of apex of the Monument
Order of Procession on the Dedication of the Washington National Monument, February 21, 1885

CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOCIETY1

George Bumford (1833-41)
William Brent (1833-49)
Thomas Carbery (1833-63)
Matthew St. Clair Clarke (1833-41)
William Cranch (1833-49)
Peter Force (1833-68)
Thomas S. Jesup (1833- )
James Kearney (1833-61)
John Marshall (1833-35)
John McClelland (1833-45)
Thomas Monroe (1833-59)
John Rodgers (1833-38)
William Winston Seaton (1833-66)
Samuel Harrison Smith (1833-45)
Nathan Towson (1833-54)
John Peter Van Ness (1833-46)
George Watterson (1833-1854)
Roger Chew Weightman (1833)

1. A Brief of History, WNMS, pp. 3-39.


LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE JOINT COMMISSION, COMPLETION
OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

ACT OF AUGUST, 2, 1876.

[Commission dissolved October 2, 1888.]

Presidents.

ULYSSES S. GRANT,
R. B. HAYES,

JAS. A. GARFIELD,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
GROVER CLEVELAND,

Chiefs of Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.

Brig. Gen. A. A. HUMPHREYS,
Brig. Gen. JOHN NEWTON,

Brig. Gen. HORATIO WRIGHT,
Brig. Gen. THOS. L. CASEY (1888).

Architect of the Capitol.

EDWARD CLARK.

Architects of the Treasury.

JAS. G. HILL,
JOHN FRASER, Acting.
M. E. BELL.

First Vice-President of Washington National Monument Society.

W. W. CORCORAN, Chairman.

Secretary.

FREDERICK L. HARVEY, JR.

Engineers in charge under Joint Commission.

Col. THOS. LINCOLN CASEY,
Col. JOHN M. WILSON (1888),
Corps of Engineers.

Assistants.

Capt. GEO. W. DAVIS,
     14th Inft., U. S. A.

BERNARD R. GREEN,
     Civil Engineer.

Master Mechanic—P. H. MCLAUGHLIN.
Chief Clerk—JAMES B. DUTTON.
Draftsman—GUSTAV FRIEBUS.


INSCRIPTIONS ON THE FOUR FACES OF THE
ALUMINUM POINT CROWNING
APEX OF MONUMENT.

(NORTH FACE.)

JOINT COMMISSION
AT
SETTING OF CAPSTONE.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
W. W. CORCORAN, Chairman.
M. E. BELL.
EDWARD CLARK.
JOHN NEWTON.
Act of August 2, 1876.


(WEST FACE.)

CORNER STONE LAID ON BED OF FOUNDATION
JULY 4, 1848.

FIRST STONE AT HEIGHT OF 152 FEET LAID
AUGUST 7, 1880.

CAPSTONE SET DECEMBER 6, 1884.


(SOUTH FACE.)

CHIEF ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT,
THOS. LINCOLN CASEY,
     COLONEL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

Assistants:
GEORGE W. DAVIS,
     CAPTAIN, 14TH INFANTRY.
BERNARD R. GREEN,
     CIVIL ENGINEER.

Master Mechanic.
P. H. MCLAUGHLIN.


(EAST FACE.)

LAUS DEO.


PROCEEDINGS ON THE OCCASION OF LAYING THE
CORNER STONE OF THE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL MONUMENT, JULY 4, 1848.

ORDER OF PARADE.

The President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and the
President's private secretary, in a carriage, attended by
the marshal and deputy marshal of the District of
Columbia and several assistant marshals, with
batons, rosettes, and sashes.
The members of the Cabinet, in carriages.
The marshal of the day (Joseph H. Bradley, esq.), on horseback,
attended by his aids on horseback, with batons and sashes.
Major-General Quitman, commander in chief, and staff.
Military escort, consisting of the following cavalry,
commanded by Colonel May:
Laurel Troop, Captain Capron.
Marlborough Cavalry, Captain Tuck.
Mounted Carbiniers, a Baltimore troop, Captain Murdock.
Ringgold Cavalry, from Alexandria.
Eagle Artillerists, of Baltimore, Captain Kane.
Capitol Hill Artillerists, Captain Robinson, a juvenile corps.
Infantry, under the command of General Cadwalader.
United States Marines, with their powerful band, under Major Walker.
Independent Blues, of Baltimore, with their excellent band.
Captain Shutt.
Baltimore City Guards, Lieutenant McDonald.
Independent Greys, of Baltimore, with their excellent band, Captain Hall.
Fredericksburg Guards (Virginia), Captain Jackson.
Washington Light Infantry, Captain Tate.
National Blues, of Washington, Captain Bacon.
Maryland Cadets, Captain Harris.
Baltimore Sharpshooters, with their excellent band, Captain Lilly.
Boston Light Guard, Captain Clarke.
Independent Greys, of Georgetown, Captain Wright.
Mount Vernon Guards, of Alexandria (Virginia), Lieutenant Price.
Columbia Riflemen, of Baltimore, with their excellent band,
Captain McAllister.

The fire companies in the following order:

Vigilant Fire Company, of Baltimore, hauling their splendid suction, numbering 58 men, each wearing a uniform cap with the letter V in front.

Washington Company, of Baltimore, with their handsome suction, numbering 35 men, uniformed like the Vigilant, and having the letter W in front of their caps.

Howard Company, of Baltimore, numbering 40 men, hauling their handsome new suction, uniformed like the preceding companies, with the letter H on their caps.

The Anacostia, Columbia, Franklin, and Perseverance Fire Companies, of Washington, and a delegation from the Northern Liberties, in full uniform. These four companies numbered each about 50 men. Their engines were in splendid order and handsomely decorated with flowers, flags, etc. The firemen wore red jackets and white pantaloons, and made a handsome appearance.

The fire department was in charge of Mr. G. S. Gideon, as chief marshal, assisted by Mr. Jonas B. Ellis, of the Anacostia; Mr. John C. Whitwell, of the Columbia; Mr. Lepreux, of the Franklin, and Mr. John D. Thompson, of the Perseverance.

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
comprehending the officers and members of various lodges in charge of
Mr. William F. Bayly and Mr. J. T. Towers.
Senators and Members of Congress.
The Order of Red Men, under Mr. C. W. Boteler, jr., as marshal,
Delegations from the States.
Temperance societies, under Mr. A. F. Cunningham, as marshal, consisting of:
The Freemen's Vigilant Total Abstinence Society.
The Sons of Temperance.
Junior Brothers of Temperance.
Knights of Temperance.
Delegations of temperance societies from different States.
A car, bearing a large cask of cold water, inscribed "Fountain of Health."
The Corporation of Washington.
The Washington Benevolent Society, with their handsome banner.
The German Benevolent Society, with numerous banners.
Literary Associations.
The Young Men's Baltimore Delegation, with a handsome silk banner,
representing Justice on one side, and inscribed on the other,
"Young Men's Baltimore Delegation. "
Citizens not delegates of States.
Carriage containing the venerable Mrs. Hamilton, her daughter, Mrs.
Holly, G. W. P. Custis, esq., and Gen. Walter Jones.
Carriage containing the Speaker of the House of Representatives, orator
of the day, Mayor of Washington, and the chairman of
the Committee of Arrangements.
Carriage containing the architect of the Monument, having in charge the
books and other articles to be deposited in the corner stone.


INSCRIPTION ON COPPER PLATE COVERING DEPOSIT-RECESS
IN THE CORNER STONE OF MONUMENT.

4TH JULY 1776.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


4TH JULY, 1848.

THIS CORNER STONE LAID OF A MONUMENT,
BY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE
MEMORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.


JAMES K. POLK,

President of the United States and ex-officio President of the Board of Managers.

WILLIAM BRENT, 1st Vice-President.
WILLIAM W. SEATON, Mayor of Washington, 2d Vice-President.
GEN'L. A. HENDERSON, 3d Vice-President.
J. B. H. SMITH, Treasurer.
GEORGE WATTERSTON, Secretary.


BOARD OF MANAGERS.

MAJOR-GEN'L. WINFIELD SCOTT.
GEN'L N. TOWSON.
COL. J. J. ABERT,
COL. J. KEARNEY,
GEN'L. WALTER JONES,
THOMAS CARBERY,
PETER FORCE,
WM. A. BRADLEY,
P. R. FENDALL,
THOMAS MUNROE,
WALTER LENON,
M. F. MAURY,
THOMAS BLAGDEN.
ELISHA WHITTLESEY, General Agent.

BUILDING COMMITTEE.

THOMAS CARBERY,
WILLIAM A. BRADLEY,

GEORGE WATTERSTON,
COL. J. J. ABERT.

COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

GEN'L. A. HENDERSON, WALTER LENOX, LIEUT. M. F. MAURY,
JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, Chief Marshal.
ROBERT MILLS, Architect.

ARTICLES DEPOSITED IN RECESS IN THE CORNER STONE OF THE MONUMENT ON JULY 4, 1848.

Constitution of the United States and Declaration of Independence; presented by Mr. Hickey
American Constitutions; by W. Patton.
Large design of the Washington National Monument, with the facsimile of the names of the Presidents of the United States and others. Lithographed.
Large design of the Washington National Monument. Lithographed.
Historical sketch of the Washington National Monument since its origin, in manuscript.
Portrait of Washington, from Stuart's painting, Fanenill Hall.
Plate engraved with the names of the officers and members of the Board of Managers.
The Statesman's Manual, containing Presidents' messages from Washington to Polk, from 1789 to 1846, vols. 1 and 2.
Copy of the grant for the site of the Monument under the joint resolution of Congress.
Constitutions of the Washington National Monument Society, addresses circulars, commissions, instructions, form of bond, from 1835 to 1848.
Small design of Monument and likeness of Washington, with blank certificates for contributors.
Watterston's New Guide to Washington; by G. Watterston.
Map of the City of Washington; by Joseph Ratcliffe.
Laws of the Corporation of Washington; by A. Rothwell.
J. B. Varnum, jr., on the Seat of Government; by J. B. Varnum, jr.
Statistics by John Sessford of the number of dwellings, value of improvements, assessments of the real and personal tax, etc., in the city of Washington, from 1824 to 1848, print and manuscript; by John Sessford.
Census of the United States, 1840; Force's Guide to Washington and vicinity, 1848; by W. Q. Force.
Drake's Poems; Catalogue of the Library of Congress, printed 1839; Catalogue from 1840 to 1847, both inclusive; by Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.
Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, 1846—47; by R. B. Anderson.
All the coins of the United States, from the eagle to the half-dime inclusive.
Census of the United States from 1790 to 1848, inclusive.
A list of the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, its officers, with the dates of their respective appointments; by W. J. Carroll, clerk Supreme Court of the United States.
Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati, with the original institution of the order and facsimile of the signatures of the original members of the State Society of Pennsylvania; by Charles L. Coltman.
Constitution and General Laws of the Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men of the District of Columbia.
By-Laws of Powhatan Tribe, No. 1, and General Laws of the Great Council of the same Order.
American silk flag; presented by Joseph K. Boyd, citizen of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 4th of July, 1848.
The Temple of Liberty, two copies, one ornamented and lettered with red. The letters are so arranged in each that the name of Washington may be spelled more than one thousand times in connection; by John Kilbourn.
Design of the Monument, small plate, produced by a process called electrotype; by Charles Fenderich, Washington.
A copy of the constitution of the first organized temperance society in America; L. H. Sprague, July 4, 1848.
Sons of Temperance in the District of Columbia.
Report on the Organization of the Smithsonian Institution; by Professor Henry.
Coat of Arms of the Washington family; by Mrs. Jane Charlotte Washington, July 4, 1848.
The Blue Book for 1847; Congressional Directory; by J. & G. S. Gideon.
Thirty-first Annual Report of the American Colonization Society.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, 1847.
Navy Register, 1848; by C. Alexander.
Coast Survey Document; Army Register for 1848.
The Washington Monument; Shall It Be Built? by J. S. Lyon.
Holy Bible; presented by the Bible Society, instituted 1816.
Vail's Description of the Magnetic Telegraph; by A. Vail.
Report of the Joint Committee on the Library, May 4, 1848, and an engraving; by M. Vettemare.
Morse's North American Atlas.
African Repository and Colonial Journal, 1848.
Military Laws of the United States, 1846; by G. Templeman.
Appleton's Railroad and Steamboat Companion.
Daguerreotype likeness of General and Mrs. Mary Washington, with a description of the Deguerreotype process; by John S. Grubb, Alexandria, Va.
True Republican; the likeness of all the Presidents to 1846, and inaugural addresses; by G. Templeman.
Silver medal, representing General Washington and the National Monument; by Jacob Seegar.
Copies of the Union Magazine, National Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book, Graham's Magazine, and Columbian Magazine, for July, 1848; by Brooke & Shillington.
Constitution of the Smithsonian Association, on the Island, instituted November 9, 1847.
Harper's Illustrated Catalogue; by S. Colman.
Smithsonian Institution—Report of the Commissioners on its organization; Reports from the Board of Regents; by W. W. Seaton.
American Archives; A Documentary History of the American Colonies to the present time; fourth series, vol. 5; by Peter Force.
Guide to the Capitol; by R. Mills.
Ann American dollar; by Miss Sarah Smith, Stafford, N. J.
American State Papers, 1832; National Intelligencer for 1846 (bound); by Gales & Seaton.
Abstract Log for the use of American Navigators; by Lieut. M. F. Maury, U. S. Navy; by M. F. Maury.
Report of Professor Bache, Superintendent of the Coast Survey; by Coast Survey Office.
Facsimile of Washington's accounts; by Michael Nourse.
Claypole's American Daily Advertiser, December 25, 1799, and the Philadelphia Gazette, December 27, 1799, containing a full account of the death and funeral ceremony of General Washington, the official proceedings of Congress, Executive, etc.; by G. M. Grouard.
Publication No. 1, Boston, 1833.
A cent of 1783 of the United States of America; by W. G. Paine.
United States Fiscal Department, vols. 1 and 2; by R. Mayo, M. D.
Maps and Charts of the Coast Survey; by Survey. Office.
Letters of John Quincy Adams to W. L. Stone, and introduction; letters of J. Q. Adams to Edward Livingstone, Grand High Priest, etc.; Vindication of General Washington, etc., by Joseph Ritner, Governor of Pennsylvania, with a letter to Daniel Webster and his reply, printed in 1841; American Anti-mason, No. 1, Vol. 1, Hartford, Conn., 1839, Maine, Free Press; Correspondence Committee of York, Pa., to Richard Rush, April, 1831; his answer, May 4, 1841; Credentials of a Delegate from Jefferson County, Mo. and proceedings of a meeting of citizens to make the appointment of a delegate; by Henry Gassitt, Boston, Mass.
Annual Report of the Comptroller of the State of New York, January 5, 1848; Tolls, Trade, and Tonnage of the New York Canals, 1847; State of New York—first report of the Commissioner, Practice and Pleadings; by. Hon. Washington Hunt.
Specimens of Continental money, 1776; by Thomas Adams.
Report of the Commissioner of Patents, 1847; by Edmund Burke.
Walton's Vermont Register and Farmers' Almanac, 1848; by Hon. Mr. Henry.
Maury's Wind and Current Charts of the North Atlantic; by M. F. Maury.
Astronomical Observations for 1845, made under M. F. Maury, at the Washington Observatory; by M. F. Maury.
Casts from the seals of the S. of T. and I. O. R. M.; by; J. W. Eckloff.
Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Congress and Documents; by R. P. Anderson.

NEWSPAPERS DEPOSITED IN CORNER STONE:

MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester PalladiumWorcester.
Salem OracleSalem.
The TelegraphGloucester.
Cape Ann LightGloucester.
Boston Daily AtlasBoston.
CONNECTICUT.
New England Weekly GazetteHartford.
NEW YORK.
Irving DemocratIrving.
Long Island FarmerJamaica.
Cayuga New EraAuburn.
Troy Daily PostTroy.
Troy Daily WhigTroy.
Journal and AdvertiserAuburn.
Auburn Daily AdvertiserAuburn.
Star of TemperanceAuburn.
New York Day BookNew York.
Mercantile TimesNew York.
Northern Christian AdvocateAuburn.
New York Daily SunNew York.
New York Weekly SunNew York.
PENNSYLVANIA.
American DemocratCarlisle.
Pennsylvania DemocratUniontown.
Lycoming GazetteWilliamsport
American Press RepublicanLancaster.
Daily Morning PostPittsburg.
Lancaster County FarmerLancaster.
Bradford ArgusTowanda.
Pittsburg Daily GazettePittsburg.
Daily Morning TelegraphPittsburg.
Pennsylvania RepublicanYork.
North, American United States GazettePhiladelphia.
Public LedgerPhiladelphia.
MARYLAND.
Somerset HeraldSomerset.
Der Somerset RepublicanSomerset.
Marlboro GazetteUpper Marlboro.
Baltimore Daily SunBaltimore.
Baltimore AmericanBaltimore.
VIRGINIA.
Spirit of JeffersonCharlestown.
Valley WhigFincastle.
Martinsburg GazetteMartinsburg.
Weston SentinelWeston.
NORTH CAROLINA.
North CarolinianFayetteville.
Old North StateElizabeth City.
GEORGIA.
Federal UnionMilledgeville.
Southern RecorderMilledgeville.
ALABAMA.
Mobile Register and JournalMobile.
Mobile Daily AdvertiserMobile.
Alabama TribuneMobile.
Hannibal JournalHannibal.
MISSISSIPPI.
Weekly JacksonianHolly Springs.
Vicksburg Weekly WhigVicksburg.
Mississippi TelegraphLouisville.
OHIO.
Daily Cincinnati GazetteCincinnati.
Western Reserve ChronicleWarren.
Greenville BannerGreenville.
Buckeye EagleMarion.
Defiance DemocratDefiance.
Democratic HeraldGreenville.
Claremount CourierBatavia.
Massillon TelegraphMassillon.
Mahoning IndexCanfield.
Troy Weekly TimesTroy.
Daily Cleveland TimesCleveland.
Cleveland Plain DealerCleveland.
Democratic InquirerPortsmouth.
KENTUCKY.
Western CitizenParis.
Kentucky FlagMazeville.
FLORIDA.
Quincy TimesQuincy.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
National IntelligencerWashington.
UnionWashington.
National EraWashington.
Saturday Evening NewsWashington.

NOTE.—The papers above all contained articles relative to General Washington or the erection of the proposed National Monument to his. memory.



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