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Washington Monument
A History |
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NOTES
Chapter I
1. See Appendix A, Illustration 29.
2. Washington National Monument Society, A Brief History of the Washington National Monument Society with a Biographical List of the Officers and Members of the Society, 1833—1962 (Washington, 1962) pp. i—ii, cited hereafter as A Brief History.
3. A Brief History, pp. 3—39, passim. See also Records of the Washington National Monument Society, National Archives, RG 42.
Chapter II
1. Report of Robt. Mills, Architect of the Washington National Monument, to the Board of Managers of the Washington National Monument Society, City of Washington, copy in NA, RG 42.
2. S. M. Parkhill, "Washington National Monument," Compressed Air Magazine (September 1957), p. 268.
3. See Appendix for a complete list of the "Articles Deposited in Recess in the Cornerstone of the Monument on July 4, 1848."
4. For the complete ceremonies attending this event see Frederick L. Harvey (comp.), History of the Washington National Monument and Washington National Monument Society printed as Senate Document No. 224, 57th Congr., 2d Sess. (Washington, 1903), esp. pp. 109—43, "Proceedings on the occasion of laying the cornerstone of the Washington National Monument, July 4, 1848."
5. WNM, Secy's Correspondence, 1836, entry 466, NA, RG 42, Bx 2.
6. Annual Report of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument (ARJC) for 1884, H. Reps., 48th Congr., 2d Sess., Misc Doc., No. 8, p. 4.
7. WNMS, Treasurer's Records, Payrolls 1848—56, Bx 27, NA, RG 42, entry No, 482. Compare this table with the post-Civil War wage scale.
Chapter III
2. Lee Belser, "What Happened to the Pope's Stone?", Baltimore American, May 25, 1968.
5. Paul Ditzell, "How They Built the Washington Monument," The American Legion Magazine (February 1968), p. 48.
6. "George Washington's Monument," American Heritage 20, No, 1 (December 1968), 68—73.
Chapter IV
1. See Table II for a list of appropriations.
2. Public Law No. 129, 45th Congr., 1st Sess., copy in Appendix.
3. Letter in file, WNMS, "Secretary's Correspondence," NA, RG 42, Folio 3, Bx 2.
6. "Remarks of Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey, Chief Engineer," in Dedication of the Washington National Monument Feb. 21, 1885 (Washington, 1885), p. 27, copy in NA, RG 42, cited hereafter as "Casey's Remarks."
7. Parkhill, pp. 267—68. For an interesting and comprehensive analysis of the recommendations of the various reports, see Review of the Report of the Board of U. S. Army Engineers on the Foundation of the Washington National Monument by the Washington National Monument Society (Washington, 1877), 15 pp. with two drawings. Copy in NCP files, Mail and Records Branch, file no, on 1430/Washington Monument, Supplement.
10. "Memorial to Congress of the Committee of the Washington National Monument Association," House of Rep., Misc. Doc. No. 37, 46th Congr., 2d Sess., p. 7.
11. House Misc. Doc. 7, Part 2, 45th Congr., 3d Sess., p. 2.
15. Construction details of the monument are taken from "Casey's Remarks," and the Annual Report of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument by Lt. Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey, prepared for submission to Congress by the Chairman of the Joint Commission, 1878 to 1888, when the Commission was dissolved.
16. ARJC for 1879, ibid, p. 2.
17. ARJC for 1880, Senate Misc. Doc. No 9, 46th Congr., 3d Sess., p. 2.
18. ARJC for 1884, H. Reps., Misc. Doc. No. 8, 48th Congr., 2d Sess., p. 2. See illustrations showing progress of this work and the details involved.
Chapter V
1. ARJC for 1881, ibid., p. 2.
2. See Table III for yearly deliveries. ARJC for 1881, Senate Misc. Doc. No. 19, 47th Congr., 1st Sess., p. 1.
4. ARJC for 1882, ibid., p. 2.
6. ARJC for 1883, ibid., p. 2.
7. ARJC for 1886, ibid., p. 2.
7. ARJC for 1884, ibid., p. 2.
8. "Casey's Remarks," p. 30; ARJC for 1884, p. 2.
9. WNMS, Foreman's Time Book, 1884—86, NA, RG 42, entry 504.
Chapter VI
2. ARCE for 1888, Appendix ZZ3, pp. 2799-2800.
3. ARJC for 1886, House of Reps., Misc. Doc. No. 57, 49th Congr., 2d Sess., p. 2.
5. ARJC for 1885, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 6, 49th Congr., 1st Sess., p. 1.
10. Director of Public Buildings and Parks, Annual Reports for 1928 (Washington, 1928), p. 42.
12. ARJC for 1885, Senate, Exec. Doc., No. 6, 49th Congr., 1st Sess., p. 2.
13. Office of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, Report of the Chief of Engineers, Appendix AAA (Washington, 1889), p. 2829, cited hereafter as ARCE.
14. ARJC for 1885, ibid., pp. 4-5.
15. Hordyczak to Olszewski, August 26, 1968.
16. ARJC for 1884, ibid., pp. 7-8.
18. ARJC for 1887, ibid., p. 2.
19. ARCE for 1889, Appendix AAA, p. 2830.
20. ARCE for 1889, Appendix AAA, pp. 2828-29.
21. ARJC for 1887, ibid., pp. 3-4.
22. ARCE for 1889, Appendix AAA, p. 2829.
Chapter VII
1. Since the subject has been covered adequately in my earlier study entitled The History of the Mall (Washington, 1971), the reader is referred to that work.
2. Senate Report No. 166, 57th Congr., 1st Sess., The Improvement of the Park System in the District of Columbia (Washington, 1902), passim.
6. John W. Reps, Monumental Washington (Princeton, 1967), p. 137.
7. General Supt., Nat. Capital Region
8. These figures were compiled from the Annual Report of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks for the years mentioned (Washington, 1922-26, and 1929—31), passim.
11. WPA for DC, Washington, D. C., A Guide to the Nation's Capital (New York, 1942), p. 222.
12. NPS press release, Feb. 18, 1959.
13. Press release, National Park Service, March 7, 1969.
15. Memorandum of Regional Chief, Div. of I. and R. M., to Superintendent, Central NCP, April 18, 1966, Subject: "Visitation at the Washington Monument," file D66, Washington Monument, 1963-1 (Elevator), p. 1.
17. See ibid. for weekly inspection reports.
18. Press release, USDI, NPS, NCR, Sept. 8, 1967.
19. Washington Post, April 5, 1970.
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