The Washington monument illustrated; complete guide and history; authentic facts and figures; pictorial city of Washington . Inaugural Addresses to same date;Daguerreotype Likenesses of General and Mrs. Washington by John S. Grubb,Alexandria, Va.; Silver medal representing General Washington and the NationalMonument by Jacob Seegar; The Washington Monument, Shall it be Built? byJ. S. Lyon; Holy Bible, presented by the Bible Society, instituted 1816; CensusStatistics for the United States; The Temple of Liberty, ornamented and letter-ing arranged so that Washingtons name may be spelled more tha
The Washington monument illustrated; complete guide and history; authentic facts and figures; pictorial city of Washington . Inaugural Addresses to same date;Daguerreotype Likenesses of General and Mrs. Washington by John S. Grubb,Alexandria, Va.; Silver medal representing General Washington and the NationalMonument by Jacob Seegar; The Washington Monument, Shall it be Built? byJ. S. Lyon; Holy Bible, presented by the Bible Society, instituted 1816; CensusStatistics for the United States; The Temple of Liberty, ornamented and letter-ing arranged so that Washingtons name may be spelled more than 1,000 times inconnection, by John Kilborn; American silk flag; Coat-of-arms of the WashingtonFamily, by Mrs. Jane Charlotte Washington; Facsimile of Washingtons Accounts;Copies of Claypoles American Daily Advertiser and the Philadelphia Gazettecontaining full accounts of Washingtons death and funeral, the official proceed-ings of Congress in this connection, etc., Vindication of General Washington,etc., by Joseph Ritner, Governor of Pennsylvania, with a letter to Daniel Websterand the latters reply, printed in HOISTING THE CAP-STOXK. Dec 3, 1S84. THK KEYSTONi:.Story of the Placing of the r>r;imi(lal t ;i|) llial ( (uiiplcicd llu (Jroat Sliaft. The topmost stone of the p\ raiiiidioii was placed in position December 6,1884. It weighs 3,300 jjounds. Trom the base to the top is 5 feet 2. inches. lisheij;ht on tlie outer face is 4 feet 34 inches, with a 7-inch shoulder to bind oneach side, extending 10j inches below. The base is 3 feet and a fraction squareand 5 inches in diameter at the top, where the aluminum top fits in. The latteris 9 inches in height and 4j inches at the base, with a weight qf 100 ounces. Thisforms the top stone or cap. The keystone that binds the interior ribs of stone supporting the marblefacing of the pyramidal cap of the Monument weighs nearly 5 tons. It is 4 feet6 incheshigh and 3 feet 6 inches square at the top. 10
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