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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Strana 46
... Secretary of State , and Hamilton , Secretary of the Treasury , met in conference , and proposed a compromise of the two vexed questions . Hamilton thought the north would consent to the location of the Capital on the Potomac , if the ...
... Secretary of State , and Hamilton , Secretary of the Treasury , met in conference , and proposed a compromise of the two vexed questions . Hamilton thought the north would consent to the location of the Capital on the Potomac , if the ...
Strana 52
... Secretary of State : — The terms entered into by me , on the part of the United States , with the landholders of Georgetown and Carrollsburgh , are , that all the land from Rock Creek , along the river to the Eastern Branch , and so ...
... Secretary of State : — The terms entered into by me , on the part of the United States , with the landholders of Georgetown and Carrollsburgh , are , that all the land from Rock Creek , along the river to the Eastern Branch , and so ...
Strana 61
... and kept them from making further spoliations . The alarm of intended inva- sion was treated with contempt by John Armstrong , the Secretary of War , and the National Intelligencer , then 4 HISTORY OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT . 61.
... and kept them from making further spoliations . The alarm of intended inva- sion was treated with contempt by John Armstrong , the Secretary of War , and the National Intelligencer , then 4 HISTORY OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT . 61.
Strana 62
... Secretary of War , and the National Intelligencer , then the leading journal . General Armstrong sneered at the probability of an attempt to plunder the Sheep - Walk , as he styled the federal city , of eight thousand inhabitants , with ...
... Secretary of War , and the National Intelligencer , then the leading journal . General Armstrong sneered at the probability of an attempt to plunder the Sheep - Walk , as he styled the federal city , of eight thousand inhabitants , with ...
Strana 65
... Secretary of the Navy had previously given orders to Commodore Tingey to destroy the shipping and stores at the Navy Yard , in the event of a defeat at Bladensburgh , to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy . At four o ...
... Secretary of the Navy had previously given orders to Commodore Tingey to destroy the shipping and stores at the Navy Yard , in the event of a defeat at Bladensburgh , to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy . At four o ...
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