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 55
... removed from Philadelphia , and Congress commenced its next session in the City of Washington on the 3d Monday of November following . It was customary at that time for the President to open the sessions of Congress by an address ...
... removed from Philadelphia , and Congress commenced its next session in the City of Washington on the 3d Monday of November following . It was customary at that time for the President to open the sessions of Congress by an address ...
Strana 59
... removing the seat of government to some other place was agitated - and the proposition was frequently made - I stood almost alone as a northern man in giving my vote in the negative . President Adams took possession of the new mansion ...
... removing the seat of government to some other place was agitated - and the proposition was frequently made - I stood almost alone as a northern man in giving my vote in the negative . President Adams took possession of the new mansion ...
Strana 60
... removed . It is a beautiful spot , capable of any improve- ment , and the more I view it the more I am delighted with it . Many amusing jokes were cracked at the expense of the city , in its infancy , by the wags of Philadelphia , New ...
... removed . It is a beautiful spot , capable of any improve- ment , and the more I view it the more I am delighted with it . Many amusing jokes were cracked at the expense of the city , in its infancy , by the wags of Philadelphia , New ...
Strana 61
... removal is conceded . BRITISH CAPTURE O F WASHINGTON . In the Spring of the year 1814 some apprehensions were felt , by the administration at Washington , of an attack upon the seat of government , by British forces from Admiral ...
... removal is conceded . BRITISH CAPTURE O F WASHINGTON . In the Spring of the year 1814 some apprehensions were felt , by the administration at Washington , of an attack upon the seat of government , by British forces from Admiral ...
Strana 84
... removal to some place of safety . Wagons , carts , and vehicles of all sorts were in such demand for the army , whose officers took the right of seizing them , whenever necessary , to carry their bag- gage , provisions , and other ...
... removal to some place of safety . Wagons , carts , and vehicles of all sorts were in such demand for the army , whose officers took the right of seizing them , whenever necessary , to carry their bag- gage , provisions , and other ...
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