ENGINEER OFFICE WASHINGTON MONUMENT,
CORNER SEVENTEENTH AND F STREETS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., _April 19, 1880_.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP,
_Chairman of Committee of Washington Monument society_.
DEAR SIR: Agreeably to your request that a succinct account of the
project for the completion and the condition of the work upon the
Washington National Monument should be given your committee, I have the
honor, with the sanction of the Joint Commission for the completion of
the Monument, to report as follows.