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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... stone , forming the heights of Georgetown , and which may be seen in section on the canal , near Georgetown College . It may be mentioned , with regard to these rocks , that Prof. Hitchcock , when on a visit a few years since to the ...
... stone , forming the heights of Georgetown , and which may be seen in section on the canal , near Georgetown College . It may be mentioned , with regard to these rocks , that Prof. Hitchcock , when on a visit a few years since to the ...
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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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... stone standing in the road leading from Bladensburgh to the Eastern Branch Ferry ; then south to a stone eighty poles north of the east and west line , already drawn from the mouth of Goose Creek to the Eastern Branch ; then east ...
... stone standing in the road leading from Bladensburgh to the Eastern Branch Ferry ; then south to a stone eighty poles north of the east and west line , already drawn from the mouth of Goose Creek to the Eastern Branch ; then east ...
Strana 56
... stone , were shining objects in dismal contrast with the scene around them . Instead of recognizing the avenues and streets portrayed on the plan of the city , not one was visible , unless we except a road , with two buildings on each ...
... stone , were shining objects in dismal contrast with the scene around them . Instead of recognizing the avenues and streets portrayed on the plan of the city , not one was visible , unless we except a road , with two buildings on each ...
Strana 57
... stones which had been hewn for the Capitol . It extended but a little way , and was of little value ; for in dry weather the sharp fragments cut our shoes , and in wet weather covered them with white mor- tar . In short , it was a " new ...
... stones which had been hewn for the Capitol . It extended but a little way , and was of little value ; for in dry weather the sharp fragments cut our shoes , and in wet weather covered them with white mor- tar . In short , it was a " new ...
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