PLAN OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON IN THE TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA, CEDED BY THE STATES OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BY THEM ESTABLISHED AS THE SEAT OF THEIR GOVERNMENT, AFTER THE YEAR MDCCC. Report - Page 360by Maryland Geological Survey - 1897Full view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1796 - 612 pages
...ftates of America — a plan of the city of Wafhington, in the territory of Columbia, ceded by the dates of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them eftablifhed as the feat of government after the year 1000 — a map of the ftate of Kentucky, and ad,... | |
| English literature - 1796 - 616 pages
...of America — a plan of the city of Waihington, in the territory of Columbia, ceded by the fiātes of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them eilabliihed as the feat of government after the year 1800 — a map of the (late of Kentucky, and adjoining... | |
| John Pinkerton - Atlases - 1804 - 706 pages
...metropolis of the United State«. WASHINGTON. " The city of Washington, in the territory of Columbia, was ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year 1800. This city, which is now... | |
| John Bigland - Geography - 1811 - 588 pages
...opulence of Philadelphia and some other capitals of particular states. The town of Washington being ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, was fixed on, to be, after the commencement of the nineteenth century, the seat of the federal government.... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1818 - 384 pages
...of the United Slates. Stat of Government. The city of Washington in the territory of Columbia, was ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, and by Congress established as the seat of the government. It stands at the junction of the rivers... | |
| Theodore Dwight Weld - Enslaved persons - 1838 - 66 pages
...Clay's substitute for Mr. Calhoun's fifth resolution. " Resolved, That when the District oFColumbia was ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, domestic slavery existed in both of these states, including the ceded territory, and that, as it still... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1844 - 346 pages
...Cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria. 2. It lies on both sides of the Potomac river, and was ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States in 1790. It is about 110 miles from the mouth of the river, and 200 from the sea. 3. The City of Washington,... | |
| Francis Wyse - United States - 1846 - 482 pages
...north-west, by Virginia. It is exactly ten miles square, being 100 square miles, or 64,000 acres. It was ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, and in the year 1800 became the seat of the General Government. It is beautifully situated on both... | |
| John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1853 - 690 pages
...the scope of the constitutional power of Congress. " Resolred, That when the District of Columbia was ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States, domestic slavery existed in Iwth of those States, including the ceded territory; and that, as it still... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 708 pages
...of this plan. Can you state on what authority rests a plan engraved with the following title, viz: "Plan of the city of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat... | |
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