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Committee of York, Pennsylvania, to Richard Rush, April, 1831; his answer,
May 4, 1841; Credentials of a Delegate from Jefferson county, Missouri, and proceedings of a meeting of citizens to make the appointment of a delegate: by Henry Gassitt, Boston, Massachusetts.

Astronomical Observations for 1845, made under M. F. Maury, at the Washington Observatory; by M. F. Maury.

Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the 30th Congress, and
Documents; by R. P. Anderson.

Census of United States, 1840; Force's Guide to Washington and vicinity, 1848; by W. Q. Force.

Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, 1846-47; by R. P. Anderson.

Report on the Organization of the Smithsonian Institute; by Professor Henry.

A list of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, its Officers, with the
dates of their respective appointments; by W. T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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.

Census of the United States from 1790 to 1848, inclusive.

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.

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.

American Silk Flag; presented by Joseph K. Boyd, citizen of Washington, District
of Columbia, on the 4th of July 1848.

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; by L. H. Sprague, July 4, 1848.

Sons of Temperance in the District of Columbia.

Coat of Arms of the Washington family; by Mrs. Jane Charlotte Washington. July 4, 1848.

All the coins of the United States, from the eagle to the half-dime, inclusive.

The "Baltimore Sun," of July 4, 1848, containing letters of Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Hamilton, General Cass, and Mr. Fillmore; presented by James Lawrenson, Jr., six years old, of Washington.

A large number of Newspapers from different parts of the Union, containing publications relating to the National Monument Society; and a number of every Newspaper of the latest date printed in the city of Washington; a list of all which is among the archives of the Society.

A number of cents, procured by B. B. French, Esq., from the Treasurer of the Mint of the U. S., which were handed Mr. French while the procession was moving to the corner-stone, and no opportunity was afforded to examine them, or take any note of the date of their coinage.