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Gen. C. C. Augur.
Professor Asaph Hall.
Rear-Adm'l S. R. Franklin.
Dr. Francis M. Gunnell.
Professor E. M. Gallaudet.
Hon. Martin F. Morris.
Hon. George S. Boutwell.
Samuel H. Kauffmann.
Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.
Rev. John F. Hurst, D. D.
Rt. Rev. John J. Keane.
Hon. Henry B. Brown.
Hon. William A. Maury.
Henry A. Willard.
Charles C. Glover.
Professor S. D. Langley.
Frederick L. Harvey.
R. Ross Perry.
GENERAL AGENTS.
Elisha Whittlesey, 1848.
Lieut. J. C. Ives, 1859 to 1860.
John S. Benson, 1870.
Frederick L. Harvey, 1874 to 1876.
INSCRIPTION ON COPPER PLATE COVERING DEPOSIT-RECESS IN THE CORNER-STONE OF MONUMENT.
4th JULY, 1776.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
4th JULY, 1848.
THIS CORNER-STONE LAID OF A MONUMENT, BY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE WAs.h.i.+NGTON.
JAMES K. POLK, _President of the United States and Ex-officio President of the Board of Managers._
WILLIAM BRENT, _1st Vice-President_.
WILLIAM W. SEATON, _Mayor of Was.h.i.+ngton, 2d Vice-President_.
GEN'L A. HENDERSON, _3d Vice-President_.
J. B. H. SMITH, _Treasurer_.
GEORGE WATTERSTON, _Secretary_.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
MAJOR-GEN'L WINFIELD SCOTT.
GEN'L N. TOWSON.
COL. J. J. ABERT.
COL. J. KEARNEY.
GEN'L WALTER JONES.
THOMAS CARBERY.
PETER FORCE.
WM. A. BRADLEY.
P. R. FENDALL.
THOMAS MUNROE.
WALTER LENOX.
M. F. MAURY.
THOMAS BLAGDEN.
ELISHA WHITTLESEY, _General Agent_.
BUILDING COMMITTEE.
THOMAS CARBERY.
WILLIAM A. BRADLEY.
GEORGE WATTERSTON.
COL. J. J. ABERT.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
GEN'L A. HENDERSON.
WALTER LENOX.
LIEUT. M. F. MAURY.
JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, _Chief Marshal_.
ROBERT MILLS, _Architect_.
LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE JOINT COMMISSION, COMPLETION OF THE WAs.h.i.+NGTON MONUMENT.
ACT OF AUGUST 2, 1876.
(Commission Dissolved October 2, 1888.)
_Presidents._
ULYSSES S. GRANT. JAS. A. GARFIELD.
R. B. HAYES. CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
