1801 newspaper w 1st description of plan to build THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT in DC

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1801 newspaper with the 1st description of a plan to build THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT in DC -
inv # 7O-215
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
Connecticut Courant
(Hartford, CT) dated Jan 19, 1801.
This newspaper contains an inside page , full column printing of a letter signed in type by BENJAMN WEST (the famous American artist) detailing his thoughts about erecting the
WASHINGTON MONUMENT the new Federal City of Washington, DC
.
This is the EARLIEST long detailed proposal I have seen in a newspaper of the plan to build THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, that stands proudly today as the highest point in Washington, DC.
Starting with victory in the Revolution, there were many proposals to build a monument to Washington. After his death, Congress authorized a suitable memorial in the national capital, but the decision was reversed when the Democratic-Republican Party (Jeffersonian Republicans) took control of Congress in 1801. The Republicans were dismayed that Washington had become the symbol of the Federalist Party; furthermore the values of Republicanism seemed hostile to the idea of building monuments to powerful men. They also blocked his image on coins or the celebration of his birthday. Further political squabbling, along with the North
–South division on the Civil War, blocked the completion of the Washington Monument until the late 19th century. By that time, Washington had the image of a national hero who could be celebrated by both North and South, and memorials to him were no longer controversial.
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States. Located almost due east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 554 feet 7 11⁄32 inche
s
. It is the tallest monumental column in the world if all are measured above their pedestrian entrances
.
It was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 to 1889.
Construction of the monument began in 1848, and was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds, a struggle for control over the Washington National Monument Society, and the intervention of the American Civil War. Although the stone structure was completed in 1884, internal ironwork, the knoll, and other finishing touches were not completed until 1888. A difference in shading of the marble, visible approximately 150 feet or 27% up, shows where construction was halted and later resumed with marble from a different source. The original design was by Robert Mills, but he did not include his proposed colonnade due to a lack of funds, proceeding only with a bare obelisk. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848; the first stone was laid atop the unfinished stump on August 7, 1880; the capstone was set on December 6, 1884; the completed monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885; and officially opened October 9, 1888.
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