New York Spectator July 12 1815, " YESTERDAY, THE INTERESTING CEREMONY OF LAYING THE CORNERSTONE OF THE FIRST MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF OUR REVERED WASHINGTON" - Excellent coverage of this historic event in Baltimore,The Washington Monument, the centerpiece of Mount Vernon Place, is the first memorial to the the nation's first president, the cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1815, and the stonework of the monument completed in 1829. It was partially for paid for by a public lottery, as was common at the time.CAPTAIN LAWRENCE AND THE CHESAPEAKE- LONG, DETAILED SUPERB COVERAGE, GENERAL ANDY JACKSON AND THE CREEK INDIANS, MUCH NEWS ON  THE WAR IN EUROPE, NAPOLEON, WELLINGTON, INDIAN TREATY WILL SHORTLY BEHOLDEN WITH THE NORTH WESTERN INDIANS, RUNAWAY NEGRO ADS, Really outstanding paper,

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