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JtnACA^ieJy^M'^^'ij/ 1 y^TS^^-z^/^- (^i^^^^^r^y^d'^-^ci-^-t^ J /^^ .^jgU-* *^ ,.^'2^-y^ ^ ^- -^ > ^.:^ '-y-^ "T — ^ ^» < *^s «^ '*/*' ^'^ * .// ^A /7 T^'^^^ ^»5*^?>^ •• ./ (f^ T^^^^^^iuox .ptlie undersigned. Senators and Hepivsentates of the Thirteen origmid States .UTenibers of the 50th. Congress, luhidi eloses the First Century oj Consiituticmal aovernnient of the limted States, do herebij heariilii and coi-dially endorse file senfinieufs expressed m \]ic jorecjo'incj resoLiitioins adopted bij tlie Gorernors of our Kesp.n tiiv ,Stafes, at a meetmq held at Carpenters Hail un the Cdi) ofPhdadelpiuu, the 28tlrdai| o[Aprd ISSS. on y-puu^^ '^". ^4^- JP., .0^ ■^•r-lg'^ ^ ^^ -fr-S>^(^C^^ f^ ^^^ ^^^-^t^-^lfrrv^-^-^s^ -/H-^. ^ ^ Qt/^^7^ G^;^7^^^^^Z/ ^bff£. La. y?^^ Z',^- .i ^" Xi/H^ kmrn. &.M. HuM^'K.i.^ c M-U.1^ ■?1 $%.. ^ L^. -J vV .-^^^ / ^':,^ ' '-- <^^, ( Mdi. 0>-4 ^X- ^.^s^-^ ^^e. .I- -"'fZ^vv/^— ^-^'^<^^6 ^^--^ /^^^. .A^^o^c / sAtCtuuah iJuiZ U\ Met. n/A/j. Apr. 3rd, 1889. His Exellenoy, Hon. Robert S. rireen, '^overnoi- of New Jersey, Chairman, etc., Trenton, N. J. My dear sir:-- I address you to acknowledn;e the receipt of the fac- simile copy of the book containinn; the history of the moveirent to erect in Philadelphia, the birthplace of American Independence and the Constitution, a strand memorial moniament to canraemorate the sreat events of the first century of American Independence lander the Const it ition, and the resolutions of the Governors of the Thirteen orii^inal states on the subject, and to express approval of the same . The movement is one that appeals to the patriotic sen- timents of the counti'y and is well calculated to increase that jealous rep^ard the American people should have for their institi>- t i ons . I sinceraly hope it may be entirely successful. Very truly yours, Dictated! ^'— zc-^^^-"^-- i>>. ^^'TB^^^^W'^X k^ GovKKNfOR's OrncK. c3 Ss^si!3ti!^[f t%J---^""::-m^ MmummfMo ^ Governor's Office, q) ^^m^>,-^ CCC^K /L-c'-v^-cy-v- ^1 I ^2n^s WCZ ^-^"^ ^'L^ ^ ^^^^-^-^^ y^^z^^^-?/ ^^-^^^^ Zii^^-t^z::::^ t/Vi-*^ ^^ C^/h^^^ , ^^^^i-^.Ct_,<^ •^^^-p-^^-^pt^uJ^ ^^^^ty^e^-^'-'e^ '-'^'^ ^ >=2-£<_-.'?^ ^^iS^ZTTy^-^ - ^ ■->. W i ^ -^ Ly^'^-tZdxz:^ -±7-4^ W^o-J't-*^^ C>^/^:<^C5^^/?^/ €J#^^; ^ ;? ^ .Cj. /^ ^ A, '^ 7 ^4- ^.-*-« _ ^ -Z^ :?^ h ^-Su---^ *^ ^-^—-^ — ^ ^- ^^^:~ ^ ^,^i-^ iii^:--^^ r «^ 7 ;2 ^ j,?^^ — ^4^ '^—- -r I f^;^ui i^x -^ ^ Z^ 4^ ^ ^^^^ hj, ^.^^--t^.-^'^X. — 7 ^ "U^A 9 ^^^tL. /_^ .^-^^ c^^L.,-^^ /- ^_ <^ -^-y^ <^< ^?^^C^, EOWm C 8URLEir»H. Augutta S«cr*taf> of Sfkl* ORAMANDAL SMITH. Augwato G. C STEVENS, rnv... S*cr«*y . i^.i^.'^5-<-> ^- <^ ' /* >i^ -^^^SaiflSOil^c Ceuncillori r ^iz=3$ — - SILAS C HATCH. Bangor. Me«ung«( SILAS C HATCH. Bangor. y\^^^ •4 ^^^ 4 ^ -.™--.,- — ^, A L. LUMBERT. Houlton. ^-J>' j- - '^ '^ ^ ~-^ ^ JAMES F. BRACKETT. L.mmyton STEPHEN W CARR, Bowdo.nh4r\ 0. W ALLEtJ, Fa.rf.eld, WILLIAM T. COBB. RockUnd. A£^i^/^ Qovamoi : EDWIN C BURLEIGH, Auguiti e C STEVENS, Kft«to Secretary Sscrelary ot SUU ORAMANDAL SMITH. Augusta Councillors . SILAS C HATCH. Bangor. TOBIAS LORD. Standioh..^;*' '^ (P. O. Addresa. Steep Falls. < A L. LUMBERT. Houlton. JAMES F. BRACKETT. Limington STEPHEN W CARR. Bowdoi ftham D. W. ALLEtJ. Fairfield. WILLIAM T. COBB. RochlantJ. mm/j/ay- MMMnger C. J M0U5E Aueusto ^^_ lyi'viyn.'iA^jC^iA.-^JZy l^lA-^plAUyU^ttJZy l-T*^ /iKJt-' '^lHrV<^^^1-'^ y/""'-" /f^- (^^ T^ux. /^^^&L-^ a.-t^-^ ^^vtt^^^^y^^ Auguit> . Svcratsry of State ORAMANDAL SMITH. AuffuclB >^^r^"l ?il^ Cc incillon: SILAS C HATCH. Bongo., TOBIAS LORD, SUr«Ji»h.«^ ^ (P. O. Address. Storp F«IU, ) ^ A L. LUMBERT. Houlton. JAMES F. BRACKETT. Um.nglor. STEPHEN W CARR, Bowdomham 0. W ALLEtl. Fa. M(t»eogr< C J HOUSE Augwds @S^^ 'iJ^a/- y<^s^ tr^xjl^^ Xri^A^'^^^s^-O /fl*^-c^ ^ruy\y /^t.ay^^^r>*.z:c-<-^ /<-<- of S^t* : ORAMANOAL SMITH, Auffucta Councillor*: SILAS C HATCH, B«ngot, TOBIAS LORD, Stsndlsh..^ (P. O, Add'M», Ste«p rtlU.l A. L. LUMBERT, Houlton, JAMES F. BRACKETT, Limmgior, STEPHEN W CARR. Bowdoinham, D. W ALLEN. Fairfield, WILLIAM T, COBB, RockUnd. &. Messengef C J HOUSE AgguitB. ^ys'S_ U-^ (^-^4unt^ci.^,^^^_e.^,ty^ ^^^^ T^Ci^ -^tAj^^/^a 1/ . / ■ a^ ^et.'tt^L^ ,-^v^^ 'i^i^tJ' a/Ke^t^ JjM^^i^ a-^^,^<^^-u^<.e^ -y^a^ yC^^in-y^^ ^ >^1^ (lOvcrnof . ECn'tN C BURLEIGH, Aucutb C C STEVENS. Priviu S*cfrta»j S«ciaUry of Stat* : ORAMANOAL SMtTH, Aurwffia Councillon : SILAS C- HATCH, B»njo(, TOBIAS LORD. Slandish.^^- " (P. O. AddrsM. Stwp FalU. ^ A L. LUMBERT. Houlton, JAMES F. BRACKETT, L-mmglon STEPHEN W CARR. Sowdo.nham 0. W. ALLEti, F«irfj«ld, WILLIAM T. COBB. RocMand. TC^ ^^^ r .cL^ i//C^y/-i-^ m /f,/i^^ yf^ 1/ ry.iy/y r/ //fyT/////A//fyf/ "jaseraia/e ^^aU'Mten/. 'Y ^/ EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. (JF-KICtC OP- THE GOVERNOK. Presscott, Ariz eona,^^^^^...^..^ 188^ EXeCUTIVE OFFICE Salt Lake City. UTAH. /7t£^Cy^ ^ ^^ a^4 /V^/:,«_-»-^ -C^ .^-'l^/^^^O'f^S-e^ /^^^Z^ /^^1iCai.^y£<^^7cC£^^^ S' ^^ .'Z^^^^ " 7- ^>viy Yy'sf''^ '-^-z.^ e^ o^^ fr^^ ^^^ -^ ^^/»»'rt%>r^<(^i -Tuwiii/^uf -m' 7^ <3--il- i::^~-<^t /^ ^:^--^ -^ c: ..^^^ Zf -^ ^ ^O^t^ ^^la^^^M/yi^ia/ .y^c?^ X? e-^^ ^i- ^^_ Z<-^ o^ tTT- WASHINGTON TCRRITORV. execuTivc dcpartmcnt, GOVCRNOR'S orricE, OLYkfi* Robt. S. Green. Esq.. March 23. 1889. Chairman. Conmittee of Governors, Trenton, N. J. Sir : I most heartily indorse the resolutions adopted by the assemblage of Governors of the thirteen original States of the American Union, at Carpenter's Hall in the City of Philadelphia, S8th April, 1888. I think that monuments connemorating events are better in- structors of youth than monuments to individuals, for the success of a cause is never due to a few men, but to the great mass of hum- ble citizens, who shield their counti-y with their naked breasts without the hope of fame or material reward. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT ChE/ENNC WYO is'scj |^±: TERRITOnV OF IDAHO. Edward a. Stevenson. aOVCHNOM. kirartment lOf tlit |ntn*iior. (_„-^<*^rf«; iO-^^j ^ ^^-^^a-, /( ^ 49 Boston, October loth, iSS8. Governor Robert S. Green, Chairman of Governors' Committee of Thirteen Original States. Dear Sir: — I have been made acquainted with the plan and purpose of com- memorating the First Century of Republican Government in the United States, as presented and explained by Col. J. E. Peyton, of New Jersey; and I heartily sympathize in the patriotic sentiment which has inspired this enterprise; and should Congress authorize the necessary appropriation to carry it into effect, the result would be an historical monument of surpassing grandeur and a perpetual testimonial of the gratitude of this generation for the wisdom, patriotism and valor of the founders of this Republic. I am, dear sir, w-ith great respect. Very truly yours, ALEXANDER H. RICE. I heartily concur in the above expression of Governor Rice. P. C. CHENEY. I also heartily add my concurrence. C. R. INGERSOLL. I cheerfully concur in the letter of ex-Governor Rice in every respect. T. D. BEDLE. I most heartily concur in the sentiments expressed by Governor Rice, and the plan presented by Colonel Peyton, and trust our children may see them accomplished. September ijih, i88S. HENRY LIPPITT. I most heartily approve the project as explained by Col. J. E. Peyton, of New Jersey. J. F. HARTRANFT. 50 Carlisle, Nicholas County, State of Kentucky, August lo, 1889. To His Excellency, Robert S. Green, Governor of the State of Neio Jersey, and Chairman of the Committee of Governors of the Thirteen Original States. Dear Sir: — The undersigned citizens of Nicholas County, State of Kentucky, have read with much pleasure the resolutions passed by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, and those adopted by the Governors of the original Thirteen States at a meeting held in the Historic Hall of the Carpenters' Company, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of April, 1888, and approved by the members of Congress representing the original Thirteen States in the Session of Congress that closed the First Century of Constitutional Govern- ment, as well as by the President of the United States and his Cabinet. These resolutions we believe to be in harmony with the sentiments of the entire American people. These sentiments are naturally those of Kentuckians, whose ancestors, when in the County of Kentucky, were citizens of Virginia, and were forced to extinguish the smouldering embers of the Revolutionary struggle for independence, and who generously ceded to the people of the United States the territory North of the Ohio river, out of which five States have been created, now dotted over with populous towns and crowded cities, the prosperous and happy homes of millions of people. The people of all the States are united under a constitution wisely conceived and skilfully framed, just, wise and benefi- cent in its provisions, a guide to the representative, and a protection to the life and property of the citizen. No rights or privileges were reserved by the original Thirteen States that were not freely bestowed upon the States that have since been admitted into the Union. The City of Philadelphia being the scene of these events has placed her conspicuously in the history of the World. It is evidently the appropriate place for the monument to be erected as indicated, and which in due respect to the memory of the men who met there and secured for us our independence and form of government, that it should be grand, imposing and majestic in character, a fit memorial to the men who began and of those who closed the first century of Constitutional Government. To our fellow-countryman. Col. Jesse E. Peyton, a native of this county, and a descendant of one of the early settlers of the State of Kentucky, we tender our thanks and sympathies for his services in suggesting, inaugurating and promoting the celebrations that have been held to perpetuate the important events in the 51 history of our country, and to restore peace and fraternity to our people, and to remove all sectional prejudices and incidents of the civil war. Resolved that an engrossed copy of this communication to his Excellency, the Governor of New Jersey, be forwarded to Col. Peyton, who is now a citizen of that State, to be presented to him in person. Respectfully submitted. II. CLAV METCALFE, Postmaster, Carlisle, Kentucky. JOHN P. NOWELL, Judge of the Nicholas County Court. G. R. KELLER, Editor and Publisher of the Carlisle Mercury. E. R. HOUSE, Farmer. JAMES A. FISHER, Commander, O. M. Lewis Post, No. 95, G. A. R. H. W. HALL, Quartermaster, THOMAS CLEMENTS, Adjutant, JOHN KANNEALEV, S. V. Co'mmander, " GEORGE OCKERMAN, J. V. " GEORGE W. MCDONALD, O. D., SAMUEL KIMES, I. G., JOHN G. BLAIR, JOHN W. CAMPBELL, Chaplain, JOHN CASSIDV, Surgeon, JAMES E. McILVAIN, Q. M. Sergeant, " JAMES DOUGHERTY, ELIJAH PURCELL, " WILLIAM PURCELL, " " •' M. L. D. BURRIS, ROBERT SCOTT, " " EDWARD PERRY, DAVID BELL, JAMES WARFORD, JAMES HERNDON, RICHARD BEVARD, JOSEPH BLOUNT, ANDREW J. BLOUNT, Z. T. MORRIS, WILLIAM OVERLY, SAMUEL FUBACK, THOMAS GEORGE, JOHN H. PAYNE, M. S. CADY, • BENJAMIN RITCHIE, " HARPER HUNT, A. J. CLARK, J. R. CONNELLY, Grocer, Carlisle, Kentucky. I. A. CIIAl'PELL, Merchant, " II. B. CHAPPELL, Merchant, " 52 H. C. REED. Druggist, Carlisle, Kentucky. MALCOLM DILLS, M. D., Druggist, Carlisle, Kentucky. T. P. TRUEMAN, Druggist, J. W. B. LEE, Merchant, SAMUEL K. VEACH, Merchant, G. E. SMITH, Merchant, L. T. POTTS, Merchant, D. J. GLENN, Clerk Nicholas Circuit and Chancery Courts. M. A. GLENN, Merchant, Carlisle, Kentucky. II. M. TAYLOR, Clerk Deposit Bank, Carlisle, Kentucky. SOL. ROBERTSON, Merchant. J. H. FREY, Butcher and Grocer. T. H. PICKRELL, Cashier Farmers' Bank. WILLIAM NORTON. J. K. WALLER, Deputy Collector Revenue, 7th District, Kentucky. B. H. ROBINSON, County Attorney. J. H. MINOGUE, Superintendent Public Instruction, Nicholas County. C. M. WISE, Farmer, Nicholas County. JOHN F. FIRTH, Merchant H. C. KIMBROUGH, Proprietor Kimbrough House. B. T. REYNOLDS, State Senator Nicholas, Harrison, and Robison Counties. M. V. BOSTIAN, Merchant Miller. W. J. KENNEDY, Merchant Miller. GEORGE W. GRIMES, M. D. JAMES L. DONNELL, Farmer, Nicholas County. SETH McMAHILL, Merchant. JAMES H. BARNETT, Mayor, Carlisle, Kentucky. L. F. MANN, Representative Nicholas County. JAMES MANN, Merchant. J. C. GILLESPIE, Farmer. SIDNEY CLAY, Farmer. WILLIAM R. METCALFE, Age 16. STERLING P. METCALFE, Age 13. J < V 5 7, z z P 6 6 a H 53 A meeting of the Governors of the Thirteen Original States, was held at Philadelphia, July 4th, 1889, in the rooms of Common Council, in Independence Hall. Governor Green, of New Jersey, presided, and in the absence of Hampton L. Carson, Alexander P. Colesberry, was elected Secretary //•«? tern., the following Governors or their representatives were present : Delaware, ----- Hon. Thomas Davis. Pennsylvania, - . - - Gov. James A. Beavkr. New Jersey, - - . - Qov. Robert S. Green. Massachusetts, - - - . Col. W. J. Tower. Maryland, Gov. E. E. Jackson. Virginia, ----- Hon. Wm. Wirt Henry, South Carolina, - - - - Hon. Hugh S. Thompson. New York, - - - - Lieut. Gov. Edward F. Jones. North Carolina, - - - Lieut. Gov. D. G. Fowle. Rhode Island, - - - Adj. Gen. Elisha Dyer, Jr. On motion of Governor Jones, seconded by Ex-Gov. Thompson, of South Carolina, tlie following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Citizens' Committee of Philadelphia, having appointed an E.\ecutive Committee of thirteen, with full authority to act in all matters in connection with the Governors of the Thirteen Original States, this Executive Committee be invited to take part in the proceedings of this meeting. On motion of Governor Thompson, seconded by Elijah Dyer, of Rhode Island, tlic following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Executive Committee be requested to publish a second edition of the Resolution of April 28th, 188S, with a fac -simile copy of the Endorsement of Ex- President Cleveland and Cabinet, the endorsement of the Governors of the other States and Territories, and present a copy to all the Governors and each member of Congress. ^^'' On motion of Governor Fowi.E, seconded by Wm. Wirt Henry, of Virginia, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Governors of all the States and Territories be requested to meet in jierson or by their representatives, to be appointed by the Governors, at Washington City, on the second Tuesday in December next, for the purpose of urging upon Congress the appropriation of a sum sufficient to secure the erection of a suitable monument in Philadelphia, commemorative of the Declaration of 54 Independence and of the first One Hundred Years of Constitutional History of the Government of the United States. On motion of Wm. Wirt Henry, of Virginia, seconded by Governor Jones, of New York, the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the Executive Committee of The Centennial Memorial Association be requested to cause to be prepared a suitable memorial, and a proper bill to be presented to Congress, in furtherance of the erection of the proposed Memorial in the City of Philadeljihia, commemorative of the Declaration of Independence and the first century of our Constitutional Government; said Memorial and Bill to be submitted to the adjourned meeting of Governors of States, to be held in Washington next December. At this stage of the proceeding Governor Jones, of New York, together with Governor Green of New Jersey, presented Col. Jesse E. Peyton with a handsome Memorial in token of their appreciation of the various centennial efforts. Col. Peyton responded, and on motion this part of the proceedings was ordered to be engrossed and presented to Col. Peyton, and attached thereto be appended the names of the Governors or their representatives. Mr. WooDSiDE asked and obtained the consent of the Committee of Governors to have prepared and properly passed by the Courts, "Articles of Association, to Incorporate the Centennial Memorial Association of the United States." On motion of Col. Dyer, the thanks of the Committee of Governors were tendered to the Committee of Citizens of Philadelphia, for the cordial welcome and generous hospitality extended to us on this and the .occasion of our former visit. On motion of Governor Jackson, of Maryland, the Committee adjourned to meet in Washington December loth, 1889. ALEX. P. COLESBERRY, Secretary Pro- Tern. 55 PLANS FOR THE MEMORIAL MONUMENT. No action has been taken by the Committee of Governors in regard to any plans for the Monument; — several have been offered; — two of which are here presented as worthy of conside- ration. One by Col. Jesse E. Peyton, of Haddonfield, N. J., the veteran promoter of all patriotic efforts to commemorate the noted events of the first century of Constitutional Government in the United States, and to whom the people of this country are largely indebted for all our Centennial Celebrations. Haddonkield, N. J., July yth, iS88. J. W. WooDsiDE, Chairman, Etc. Dear Sir: — As requested, I herewitii submit my views of a Memorial Monument to preserve conspicuously and permanently tbe important events of the first century of American Independence under Constitutional Government. — Population at that time 3,000,000. It should consist of a grand Arch Entrance to Fairniount Park, which has been dedicated to the public by the City of Philadelphia, and embraces an important location in the history of our country, it being once the home of Robert Morris and others prominently identified with the early events in the history of our independence. The site should be over Belmont Avenue, between where the Main Building and Machinery Hall stood when the Centennial Anniversary of the promulgation of the Declaration of American Independence was celebrated, in which all nations, governments, and provinces participated ; a re-union of the people of all nations, without a parallel in the history of the world. The names of the oflicials repre- senting each should be indelibly preserved. As an impressive fact in history the structure should rest upon thirteen arches representing the original thirteen States. Each arch should be thirty feet in width, with the height in proportion, except that of Pennsylvania, that being 56 the centre should be forty feet. The six Southern States on the left as you enter the Park, and the six Northern on the right. Each of the original States should furnish the centre stone for the arch, with their Coat of Arms upon it. It should be constructed with five columns carried up in connection with the masonry to a suitable height for bronze statues. The first should be the statue of Thomas Jefferson, holding the Declaration of Independence in his hand ; the second, General Washington, with the sword : the next, Robert Morris, with the purse ; Madison, with the Constitution, and Alexander Hamilton, with the Treasury. At the proper distance above these should be a grand arch worked into the struc- ture, embracing all of the States admitted into the Union within the century; the Original Thirteen holding their central position. The width or depth of the arch should be thirty feet; its extent in length will cover four hundred feet, allowing thirty feet to each of the States, and forty to Pennsylvania. There should be galleries passing through each arch from one end of it to the other, occupying the four hundred feet. It should be arranged for niches to contain bronzed plates upon which should be in letters of relief, the History of Important Events of the Century, beginning with the First Congress that met in Carpenters' Hall, with the building illustrated. Bunker Hill, the names of the officers in command, and the number of troops engaged in the struggle. The Declaration of Independence, the autographs of the signers. The Battle of Yorktown, the American and French officers in command, with the number of troops — French and American — on the field. The Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States. President Washington, his Cabinet, and the first Congress under tlie Constitution. The date of the location of the Capital of the Nation by Congress in session in Philadelphia. The date of the abolition of slavery in the United States. The Centennial Com- mission and Board of Finance of 1876, with all nations and officials then repre- sented. The Governors of the Original Thirteen States present on their respective State days, with the number present on each respective day. These events that made the result of the first century possible were con- ceived and brought forth in the City of Philadelphia. This line of events will end with the present administration and the Congress that closed the century, and will form a brief and impressive history to the thoughtful world. Population now, 65,000,000. Yours very truly, J. E. PEYTON. 57 The following plan is by the eminent architect, Mr. John Frazer, of Washington, D. C. : J~\ESCRIPTI ON of Memorial Monument to preserve con- J-^ spicuously and permanently the important events of the First Century of American Independence under Constitutional Government. The desion submitted as a Centennial Memorial to commemo- o rate the Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, will represent as a memorial, the first century of the American Union, and will be composed of two parts, one to represent its primary condition, and the other the subsequent additions, the two forming a unit. Facinof the East, and with its longitudinal axis due North and South, will be the main structure, representing the original Thirteen States, placed in their geographical order, each State being repre- sented by an arch, the centre being the Keystone State, sur- mounted by a dome, which will represent the moral and intellectual structure of the Union toweringf hiofh above individual States, thus representing its supremacy over any of the component parts. The two extreme Northern and Southern Arches are also sur- mounted by domes representing the special development of the two great geographical divisions ; they are in size and design subordinate to the great centre dome, but by their weight and position in the design, buttress and augment the same, and also add to their grandeur by comparison. Both of these domes are crowned by the figures of the genii of the respective sections. On their corner buttresses there will be sitting allegorical figures representing peaceful pursuits, viz: — Agriculture, Horticulture, Mining, Commerce, Manufacture, Navigation, Literature and the Fine Arts. The buttresses will bear trophies, and near the base will be groups of typical aborigines. The State arches will rest upon massive piers, which in either 58 depth will be ornamented by inscription tablets for the names of Governors, other State Officers and distinguished citizens gene- rally, together with events in the history of each State. Each State arch will have above its entablature the coat of arms, supported and flanked by heraldic figures. The centre portion of the structure which contains the arch of the Keystone State will have, in the broad piers at the base, four historical rivers of the original States, represented by groups of figures and fountains. In the line of the longitudinal axis, all the State arches will be connected by openings, thus forming an extended arcade, termi- nated at either end by a semi-circular apsis. Where the long and short axis of the structure intersect, in its very centre, there will be placed a tall monument to commemorate the Centennial Ex- hibition of 1876. On the main buttress piers of the centre structure there will be placed the statues of Thomas Jefferson holding the Declaration of Independence in his hands. General Washington with his sword, amid trophies of war; Robert Morris with the purse; Madison with the Constitution, and Alexander Hamilton representing the Treasury. A sufficient number of bronze tablets are provided in the State arches for inscribing the history of important events of the cen- tury beginning with the First Congress that met in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, with the building illustrated ; Bunker Hill, the names of the officers in command and the number of troops en- gaged in the struggle; the Declaration of Independence, the auto- graphs of the signers ; the Battle of Yorktown, the American and French Officers in command, with the number of troops, French and American, on the field ; the Convention that framed the Con- stitution of the United States; President Washington, his Cabinet, and the first Congress under the Constitution. The date of the admission of each State into the Union, with E3 B z c 59 its first Governor and tlie present Governor that closed the cen- tury: the date of the AboHtion of Slavery in the United States; the Centennial Celebration of 1876, all Governments and Provinces present and participated, with the name of the official of each. The Governors of the original Thirteen States present in respect to the memory of the Signers of the Declaration of In- dependence from their respective States, with the number present each day. The Administration and Congress that closed the cen- tury. The date at the time Washington was selected as the site for the Capital of the United States, which was done by Congress in session at Philadelphia. These events all had their conception and bird) in the city of Philadelphia, and belonged to the century, and make Philadelphia the appropriate place for such a memorial as has been designed. Its value to the public it is thought would be beyond that of any library now in existence. The central dome will be buttressed by eight couples of columns, carrying pedestals and figures of as many groups of Militiamen, Sailors, etc., as may be suggested hereafter. On the terminal points of these buttress piles will be four allegorical figures repre- senting Political Liberty, Religious Liberty, Justice and Equality. The crowning dome will be surmounted by a colossal figure of Columbia as a supreme culmination of the structure. Towards the west, and near this structure will be a monument of moderate size — the District of Columbia represented by a sit- ting figure ; in front of the ])edestal, facing west, there will be a rostrum from which the multitude fiUine the court, hereafter de- scribed, may be addressed. The court will have the shape of a semi-circle, ot which the base is formed by the structure for the original Thirteen States ; the arc is formed by a continuous series of twenty-five niches, representing so many States and Territories, and placed in the order of their admission, and grouped as Northern and Southern States ; from the end original States. 60 The States and Territories to have Coats of Arms, Inscription Tablets, etc. A wide concentric walk connect the whole. Thus the Union is represented by a uniform and harmonious structure. First complete in itself but, passing the period of its infancy, gradually enlarging until the end of the cycle of a hundred years, an arch is formed resting on a basis of the original struc- ture, and all crowned by the great iabric reared by our forefathers and preserved and purihed by the great men of the generation just passing away. In the centre of the Grand Court it is designed to erect a suitable fire-proof building for the safe keeping and preserva- tion of the original of the Constitution, and for Reception Rooms, Offices, etc. JOHN FRASER, Washington, D. C, September, 1888. Architect. DI JVC KNSION S ■ OF- jyjemorial ]\/|onument TO PRESERVE CONSPICUOUSLY AND PERMANENTLY THE IMPORTANT EVENTS -OF THE- FIRST CENTURY American Independence UNDliK CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMl-NT Length of Main Arcade Front, " " " OVER ALL, . Centre Part (Square), End Pavilions, ..... Depth of Colonaue in Staie Arihes, Width of Each of the Twelve Arches " Centre Arch, . Height of P.wilions, " Centre Structure, Diameter of Court, .... Size of State and Territory Niches, Height of Arcade Containing These Niches, 24 F 32 520 Feet. ■ 552 104 56x64 60 ^et; Hei(;ih, 4S 64 160 300 520 13 X 26 40 62 At the request of Gov. Robkrt S. Green, Chairman of the Committee of Governors, a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia was called at the Union League, January 14th, 1S8S, to form a Committee to aid the Governors in their efforts to carry out their resolution of April 28th, 18S8. Gov. Jame.s A. Beaver presided, and the following Committee was appointed, with the Hon. Edwin H. FiTLER, Mayor of Philadelphia, as Permanent Chairman; Wm. H. Staake, Esq., Secretary, and Francis W. Kennedy, Treasurer. COMMITTEE. AGNEW, Dr. D. HAYES, AUSTIN, SAMUEL II. BAEDER, CHARLES B. BAILY, JOEL J. BAILY, JOSHUA L. BAIRD, JOHN, BANES, CHARLES H. BARDSLEY, Hon. JOHN, BARKER, WHARTON, BARTOL, H. W. BELLFIELD, T. B. BEMENT, WILLIAM V. BENSON, EDWIN N. BENSON, R. DALE, BINGHAM, Hon. H. II. BORIE, I!. BOWLES, P. P. BOWMAN, WENDELL P. BOYD, GEORGE W. BRADLEY, THOS. BRAINERD, ERASTUS, BREMER, GEORGE W. BROCKH-;, WILLIAM, BROOKE, FRANCIS M. BROWN, ALE.KANDER P. BURNHAM, GEORGE, CADWALLADER, JOHN, CALDWELL, J. A. CALDWELL, STEPHEN A. CARSON, HAMPTON L, CASSATT, A. J. CAVEN, JOSEPH L. CLAGHORN, J. R. COCHRAN, THOMAS, COFFIN, LEMUEL, COLESBERRY, ALEXANDER P. COLKET, GEORGE A. CONOVER, D. F. CONVERSE, JOHN H. COOPER, Hon. THOMAS V. CORBIN, AU.STIN, CRAMP, CHARLES N. CREW, J. LEWIS, CROW, ALEXANDER, Jk. DAVIS, W. W. DECHERT, ROBERT P. DEXTER, K. M. DINGEE, A. H. DISSTON, HAMILTON, DOBSON, JOHN, DOHAN, M. J. DOLAN, THOMAS, DREER, F. J. DREXEL, A. J. EDWARDS, THOMAS A. ELKINS, WILLIAM L. ELSE, THOMAS C. FEATHERSTONE, F. L. FIELD, JOHN, FILBERT, Dr. L. S. FITLER, E. H., Jr. FOX, DANIEL M. FRALEY, FREDERICK, FRAZIER, W. W. FREEMAN, JAMES A. FRENCH, CLAYTON, 63 FRIES, AARON, FRISMUTII, E. II. GATES, J. R. GILLESPIE, THOMAS L. GRATZ, SIMON, GREEN, THOMAS H. HAGEN, ARTHUR, HANCOCK, A. M. HANNA, Hon. WILLIAM H. IIARMER, Hon. A. C. HARPER, R. D., D. D. HARRAII, CHARLES J. HARRISON, THOMAS S. HARRITV', WILLIAM F. HARVEY, EUGENE, HAY, JAMES, HENDRICKSON, S. A. HEPPE, M. HEYL, GEORGE A. HIRSH, MASON, HOUSTON, H. H. HOUSTON, WILLIAM C, Jr. HOWLETP, E. G. HUBER, JOHN Y. HUEY, SAMUEL B. HUGGARD, JOHN, HURLEY, WILLIAM II. JAMISON, B. K. JAYNE, E. C. JUSTICE, W. W. KELLEY, Hon. WILLIAM D. KEMBLE, WILLIAM H. KENNEDY, FRANCIS W. KENNEDY, ROBERT F. KING, SAMUEL G. KINGSLEY, J. E. KIRKPATRICK, M. R. KNIGHT, E. C. KRUMBHAAR, ALEXANDER, LATTA, WILLIAM J. LAWSON, JOHN L. LEA, HENRY C. LEES, SAMUEL, LENNIG, CHARLES, LITTLE, AMOS R. LLOYD, WILLIAM J. LONGSTRETH, E. LUCAS, JOHN, MALTBY, L. U. MARTIN, JOSEPH J. MASSEY, WILLIAM, MEIGS, S. EMLIN, MERRICK, J. VAUGHN, MICHENER, JOHN H. MILNE, CALEB J. MITCHELL, Dr. S. WEIR, MORGAN, fiEORGE P. MOKWITZ, Dr. MUNUELL, JOHN, MacKELLAR, THOMAS, MacVEAGH, WAYNE, mcclure, alexander k. Mccreary, george g. McFADDEN, GEORGE H. Mcdowell, m. e. McMANES, JAMES, McMICHAEL, CLAYTON, NAPHEYS, GEORGE C. NAYLOR, JACOB, NEAFIE, JACOBY, O'NEILL, Hon. CHARLES, PATTON, JOHN W. PENROSE, BOISE, PEPPER, Dr. WILLIAM, PERKINS, SAMUEL C. PEROT, T. MORRIS, POLLOCK, JAMES, PORTER, CHARLES E. POTTER, THOMAS, Jr. POTTER, WILLIAM, PUGH, CHARLES E. RALPH, ALEXANDER, RANDALL, Hon. SAMUEL J. REEVES, FRANCIS B. REYBURN, WILLIAM S. RHAWN, W. II. ROBERTS, GEORGE B. RORKE, ALLAN B. ROSENGARTEN, J. G. SEARCH, THEODORE C. SELLERS, D. W. SELLERS, WILLIAM, SENNOTT, JOSEPH P. SHARP, SAMUEL S. SHIPPEN, EDWARD, SHIPLEY, SAMUEL R. 64 SHOEMAKER, ROBERT, SINGERLY, WILLIAM M. SMEDLEY, SAMUEL L. SMITH, CHARLES EMORY, SMITH, J. FUTHEY, SMITH, WILLIAM M. SMITH, WINTHROP, SMYTH, LINDLY, SNOWDEN, Col. A. LOUDEN, STAAKE, WILLIAM H. STEEL, EDWARD T. STETSON, JOHN B. STEVENSON, A. HOWARD, STEWART, ROBERT, STONE, F. D. STRAWBRIDGE, JUSTUS C. STRUTHERS, WILLIAM, STUART, EDWIN S. SUPPLEE, J. WESLEY, SWEATMAN, V. C. TAGGART, JOHN H. THOMPSON, FRANK, THOMPSON, THOMAS M. TOWNSEND, HENRY C. WARBURTON, CHARLES E. WARDEN, WILLIAM G. WATERALL, WILLIAM, WATSON, JAMES V. WEEKS, JOHN H. WEIGHTMAN, WILLIAM, WEIKEL, GEORGE W. WELSH, J LOWBER, WETHERILL, J. PRICE, WHEELER, ANDREW, WHELEN, HENRY, WIEDERSHEIM, THEODORE E. WIGTON, F. H. WILKINS, JOHN N. WOODSIDE, JOHN W. WOOD, WALTER, WOODWARD, BARTON J. WOOD, WILLIAM, WRIGHT, CHARLES B. WRIGHT, JAMES A. YATES, DAVID G. 65 The Chair appointed an Executive Committee, with full authority to act in connection with the Governors. JOHN W. WOODSIDE, Chairman. A. P. COLESBERRY, Secretary. Gov. JAMES A. BEAVER, THOMAS M. THOMPSON, EDWARD C. KNIGHT, WHARTON BARKER, ALEXANDER P. BROWN, EXECUTIVE COXIMITXEE. JOHN L. LAWSON, THEODORE E. WIEDERSHEIM, FRANCIS M. BROOKE, WILLIAM POTTER, CHARLES H. BANES, P. P. BOWLES. The following Committee was also appointed to secure Articles of Association for the Citizens' Committee: ALEX. P. COLESBERRY, Chairman. THOMAS M. THOMPSON, JOHN W. WOODSIDE, HAMPTON L. CARSON, WILLIAM H. STAAKE. / CAPITOL BUILDING, 1889. WASHINGTON, D. C. S35 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS III III I II I III III 014 311 742 A