State of New Hampshire - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Name: New Hampshire
Level: 60-ft.
Donor: State of New Hampshire
Dates: 1849/1850s
Original material: granite
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: John P. Gass, Dearborn Johnson [?]
Original inscription: New-Hampshire.
Documented material history:
• 1849: “John P. Gass and Dearborn Johnson quarried granite on Rattlesnake Hill.” [MR]
• 1849: “The Legislature of New Hampshire have unanimously voted to present a suitable block of granite to the Washington National Monument, with the name of the State inscribed thereon . . .” [DNI, July 12, 1849.]
• 1851: “The block of granite voted by the Legislature of New Hampshire, for the National Monument to Washington, is completed, and is to be forwarded this week. The face of the stone is four feet by two, the depth eighteen inches, the weight about a ton. The face is beautifully polished, and the word ‘New Hampshire,’ deeply cut in capitals, extends the whole length.” [AG, January 14, 1851.]