"By order of the Board:
"Chas. C. Tucker,
"Secretary.
"Washington, D. C., May, 1855."
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY:
Franklin Pierce,
President of the United Slates and ex officio President.
Vespasian Ellis,
First Vice-President.
John T. Towers,
Mayor of Washington and ex officio Second Vice-President.
George H. Plant,
Third Vice-President.
John M. McCalla,
Treasurer.
Chas. C. Tucker,
Secretary.
MANAGERS:
| Henry Addison, | Thomas D. Sandy, |
| Charles R. Belt, | Joseph H. Bradley, |
| French S. Evans, | Samuel C. Busey, |
| Charles W. Davis, | James Gordon, |
| John N. Craig, | Robert T. Knight, |
| Samuel E. Douglas, | Joseph Libby, Sr., |
| Thomas A. Brooke. | |
The address was printed in certain of the daily papers, and transmitted to the "Councils" of the party by the following letter:
"Office of the
Washington National Monument Society,
Washington, D. C., May, 1855.
"Dear Sir and Brother: