Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia, with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical, and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... CHAPTER X. PLACES OF INTEREST NEAR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT . Bladensburgh . Little Falls . Great Falls . Alexandria . Fort Washington . Mount Vernon , . 1 * 226-234 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . MAP , FRONTISPIECE . Page GEOLOGICAL CONTENTS .
... CHAPTER X. PLACES OF INTEREST NEAR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT . Bladensburgh . Little Falls . Great Falls . Alexandria . Fort Washington . Mount Vernon , . 1 * 226-234 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . MAP , FRONTISPIECE . Page GEOLOGICAL CONTENTS .
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... Alexandria was retroceded to Virginia , the area of the District was reduced to about sixty square miles . The Capitol lies in 38 ° 52 ′ 20 ′′ north latitude , and 77 ° 0 ' 15 " west longitude from Greenwich . The Observatory , from ...
... Alexandria was retroceded to Virginia , the area of the District was reduced to about sixty square miles . The Capitol lies in 38 ° 52 ′ 20 ′′ north latitude , and 77 ° 0 ' 15 " west longitude from Greenwich . The Observatory , from ...
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... Alexandria , town and county , was retro- ceded to Virginia , so that , in computing the progress of population in the District of Columbia up to 1840 , the territory including Alexandria ( embracing 9,969 inhabi- tants not since ...
... Alexandria , town and county , was retro- ceded to Virginia , so that , in computing the progress of population in the District of Columbia up to 1840 , the territory including Alexandria ( embracing 9,969 inhabi- tants not since ...
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... Alexandria , pro- vided that no public buildings be erected otherwise than on the Maryland side of the Potomac . Washington de- fined the boundaries of the District in the following amend- atory proclamation : - Whereas , by a ...
... Alexandria , pro- vided that no public buildings be erected otherwise than on the Maryland side of the Potomac . Washington de- fined the boundaries of the District in the following amend- atory proclamation : - Whereas , by a ...
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... stone of the District defined by the proclamation , at Jones ' Point , near Alexandria , with all the usual Masonic ceremonies of the day . The Com- missioners informed Major L'Enfant , the engineer , in a 50 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
... stone of the District defined by the proclamation , at Jones ' Point , near Alexandria , with all the usual Masonic ceremonies of the day . The Com- missioners informed Major L'Enfant , the engineer , in a 50 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
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