Resolutions of the Joint Committee on the Washington Monument

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Resolutions of the Joint Committee on the Washington Monument (1800)
Joint Committee Appointed to Prepare Measures to Honor the Memory of General George Washington

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March 8, 1800. Delivered as the Report of the Joint Committee on the Washington Monument.

From the National Archives and Records Administration; Record Group 128: Records of Joint Committees of Congress, 1789 - 2015; Series: Joint Committee Appointed to Prepare Measures to Honor the Memory of General George Washington, 12/19/1799 - 5/14/1800; ARC #306521

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Resolved, That the Resolution of Congress passed in 1783, respecting an Equestrian Statue of General Washington, be carried into immediate execution, and the the Statue be placed in the centre of an Area to be formed in front of the Capitol.

Resolved, That a marble monument be erected by the United States in the Capitol at the City of Washington, in honor of General Washington, to commemorate his services and to express the regrets of the American People for their irreparable loss.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to give such directions as may appear to him proper for carrying into effect the preceeding resolutions, and that for the present the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for these purposes.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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