THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES1854 |
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... resolutions were offered , and votes taken . Two of the most prominent propositions will throw some light upon the ... resolved that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on or near the banks of the Delaware , or of the Potomac ...
... resolutions were offered , and votes taken . Two of the most prominent propositions will throw some light upon the ... resolved that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on or near the banks of the Delaware , or of the Potomac ...
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... Resolved , That the States of Maryland and Virginia be allowed a credit in the requisition of 1787 , or in the arrearages ... resolution for establishing a Seat of the Federal Government on the banks of the Delaware unexecuted . But the ...
... Resolved , That the States of Maryland and Virginia be allowed a credit in the requisition of 1787 , or in the arrearages ... resolution for establishing a Seat of the Federal Government on the banks of the Delaware unexecuted . But the ...
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... resolution by Mr. Thomas Scott , of Pennsylvania , that it would be expedient to select a site which should be " as near as possible the centre of wealth , of population , and of territory . " Mr. Lee afterwards moved that " a place as ...
... resolution by Mr. Thomas Scott , of Pennsylvania , that it would be expedient to select a site which should be " as near as possible the centre of wealth , of population , and of territory . " Mr. Lee afterwards moved that " a place as ...
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... resolution : “ Resolved by the General Assembly of Virginia , That a copy of the foregoing act of the 3d December , 1789 , be transmitted to the General Assembly of Mary- land without delay ; and that it be proposed to said Assembly to ...
... resolution : “ Resolved by the General Assembly of Virginia , That a copy of the foregoing act of the 3d December , 1789 , be transmitted to the General Assembly of Mary- land without delay ; and that it be proposed to said Assembly to ...
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... resolutions and bills , elicited much warmth of feeling , and sectional jealousy . Almost all were agreed that New York was not a suitable place , as not being sufficiently central . There was much division of sentiment as to the ...
... resolutions and bills , elicited much warmth of feeling , and sectional jealousy . Almost all were agreed that New York was not a suitable place , as not being sufficiently central . There was much division of sentiment as to the ...
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24th Congress acres amount annual appropriate Assembly of Maryland avenues Baltimore bequest Board of Regents Bunker Hill Monument called canal capital Capitol centre citizens city of Washington collections Commissioners Congress Congressional Cemetery Constitution convenience corner-stone departments District edifice erected ernment establishment executive expense Federal feet funds furnished Georgetown ground honor hundred income increase and diffusion interest James Smithson JOHN COTTON SMITH Joseph Gales laid land legislation Legislature letter marble Maryland ment miles Mount Vernon museum National Monument obelisk objects Patent Office Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avenue permanent Seat Philadelphia population Potomac present President President's house public buildings purpose reason received regard remarks removal reports resolution Richard Rush river Seat of Government Secretary Senate session slaves Smithson Smithsonian Institution square statue stone streets territory testator thousand dollars tion Treasury Union United Virginia vote Washington National Monument whole York
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Página 29 - ... it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: a land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Página 29 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Página 48 - The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables ; an establishment very well proportioned to the President's salary.
Página 18 - There had before been propositions to fix the seat of government either at Philadelphia, or at Georgetown on the Potomac; and it was thought that by giving it to Philadelphia for ten years, and to Georgetown permanently afterwards, this might, as an anodyne, calm in some degree the ferment which might be excited by the other measure alone.
Página 8 - Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in -all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States...
Página 36 - A grand avenue 400 feet in breadth, and about a mile in length, bordered with gardens ending in a slope from the houses on each side: this avenue leads to the monument A.
Página 32 - WASHINGTON, whose virtues in the civil administration of his country have been as conspicuous and beneficial, as his military valor and prudence have been useful in establishing her liberties, and in the year of Masonry, 5793, by the President of the United States, in concert with the Grand Lodge of Maryland several lodges under its jurisdiction, and Lodge No. 22...
Página 12 - Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity ; but a dependence of the members of the General Government on the State comprehending the seat of the Government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the National Councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the Government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the Confederacy.
Página 107 - To carry out the plan before described, a library will be required, consisting, 1st, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceedings of all the learned societies in the world; 2d, of the more important current periodical publications, and other works necessary in preparing the periodical reports.
Página 35 - Church is intended for national purposes, such as public prayer, thanksgiving, funeral orations etc., and assigned to the special use of no particular Sect or denomination, but equally open to all. It will be likewise a proper shelter for such monuments as were voted by the late Continental Congress for those heroes who fell in the cause of liberty, and for such others as may hereafter be decreed by the voice of a grateful Nation.