| 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 Washington.