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 43
... lay out a district , between two and three miles square , on the Delaware , for a federal town . At the meeting of Congress in New York , in January , 1785 , an unsuccessful attempt was made to substitute the Potomac for the Delaware ...
... lay out a district , between two and three miles square , on the Delaware , for a federal town . At the meeting of Congress in New York , in January , 1785 , an unsuccessful attempt was made to substitute the Potomac for the Delaware ...
Strana 51
... lay out a city . The boundaries are thus defined in the act of cession by the Legislature of Maryland , Dec. 19 , 1791 : - The President of the United States directed a city to be laid out , comprehending all the lands beginning on the ...
... lay out a city . The boundaries are thus defined in the act of cession by the Legislature of Maryland , Dec. 19 , 1791 : - The President of the United States directed a city to be laid out , comprehending all the lands beginning on the ...
Strana 52
... laid off as a city ( which Major L'Enfant is now directed to do ) , the present pro- prietors shall retain every other lot ; and for such part of the land as may be taken for public use , for squares , walks , & c . , they shall be ...
... laid off as a city ( which Major L'Enfant is now directed to do ) , the present pro- prietors shall retain every other lot ; and for such part of the land as may be taken for public use , for squares , walks , & c . , they shall be ...
Strana 53
... laid off two sets of streets , intersecting each other at right angles , and distinguished by letters and numbers . The streets running north and south are numbered , and those running east and west are lettered , taking the Capitol as ...
... laid off two sets of streets , intersecting each other at right angles , and distinguished by letters and numbers . The streets running north and south are numbered , and those running east and west are lettered , taking the Capitol as ...
Strana 56
... laid down on paper , from the Capitol to the Presidential mansion , was then nearly the whole distance a deep morass , covered with alder bushes , which were cut through the width of the intended avenue during the then ensuing Winter ...
... laid down on paper , from the Capitol to the Presidential mansion , was then nearly the whole distance a deep morass , covered with alder bushes , which were cut through the width of the intended avenue during the then ensuing Winter ...
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