Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Statements on Coinage Weights and Measures
Author: Miscellaneous Documents
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Money of Pre-federal America
Author: John M. KleebergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
State Banking Before the Civil War
Author: Davis Rich DeweyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Silver in Europe
Author: Samuel Dana HortonPublisher: New York, Macmillan & Company
ISBN:
Category : Bimetallism
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Marine Mammals Ashore
Author: Joseph R. GeraciPublisher: National Aquarium in Baltimore
ISBN: 0977460908
Category : Marine mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.
HISTORY OF CRISES UNDER THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM
Author: O. M. W. SPRAGUEPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033091197
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884
Author: James Hammond TrumbullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hartford County (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Money of the American Colonies and Confederation
Author: Philip L. MossmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
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To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis TorresPublisher:
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.