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Washington monument.
On Feb. 22, 1885, the Washington Monument was formally dedicated by Robert C. Winthrop, the man who laid its corner-stone in 1848.
The first movement towards the erection of this monument was made as early as 1783, when the Continental Congress passed a resolution recommending the erection of an equestrian statue of Washington, supported by four marble pedestals showing the principal events in the war which he had successfully conducted.
After his death, in December, 1799, the House and Senate passed a joint resolution for the erection of a monument under which his body should be placed; but Congress failed to provide for the execution of the work, and the matter was allowed to drop.
In 1816 an unsuccessful effort was made by James Buchanan, then a young Congressman from Pennsylvania, to revive an interest in the monument which should lead to its construction.
Twenty-five years later an association known as the Washington monument Society was formed, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winthrop , Robert Charles 1809 -1894 (search)
Winthrop, Robert Charles 1809-1894
Statesman; born in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1809, a descendant in the sixth generation from Gov. John Winthrop; graduated at Harvard in 1828; studied law with Daniel Webster; was a member of the Massachusetts legislature, 1836-40, and
Robert Charles Winthrop. of Congress.
1841-42, and 1843-Robert Charles Winthrop. of Congress.
1841-42, and 1843-50.
From 1847 to 1849 he was speaker of the House.
He was president of the electoral college of Massachusetts in 1848; and in 1850 was appointed United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Daniel Webster.
He was president of the Massachusetts Historical Society for thirty years, and was highly esteemed as an orator.
Hi 1881). Several of his orations were delivered on the invitation of Congress.
He died in Boston.
Mass., Nov. 16, 1894.
Centennial Oration.—The following is Mr. Winthrop's oration on the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, delivered in Boston, Mass., July 4, 1876:
Our fathers were no propagandists of republican