When was it published?

May 8, 1850 in The North Carolina Standard

Domestic News May 8, 1850

The North Carolina Standard

Q: What keywords are associated?

California Legislature, Washington Monument, Resolution, Stone Contribution

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina

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What is this article about?

The California Legislature unanimously passed a resolution on February 2, appropriating funds for the Governor to prepare and send a block of California marble, quartz, or granite inscribed with 'California' to the Washington Monument Association in Washington, D.C., as a contribution to the George Washington memorial.

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The Legislature of the State of California, on the 2d February, passed unanimously a resolution appropriating funds to enable the Governor to have prepared a block of California marble, quartz, or granite, of suitable dimensions, with the word “California” chiselled on its face, and that the same be forwarded to the Managers of the Washington Monument Association, in the City of Washington, to constitute a portion of the Monument now being erected in that city to the memory of George Washington.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

California Legislature Washington Monument Resolution Stone Contribution

Where did it happen?

State Of California

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

State Of California

Event Date

2d February

Outcome

resolution passed unanimously; funds appropriated for preparation and forwarding of the stone block.

Event Details

The Legislature passed a resolution to appropriate funds enabling the Governor to prepare a block of California marble, quartz, or granite of suitable dimensions with 'California' chiselled on its face, to be forwarded to the Managers of the Washington Monument Association in Washington to form part of the monument to George Washington.