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The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography ... - Page 41
edited by - 1908 - 844 pages
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The Seat of Government of the United States: A Review of the Discussions, in ...

Viator - United States - 1848 - 84 pages
...September 9th, 1791, and informs the architect that they have agreed that the Federal district shall be called ' The Territory of Columbia,' and the Federal city, ' The City of Washington,' and directs him to entitle his map accordingly. On the 2d and 3d September, 1793, the following appears...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 18

Commerce - 1848 - 694 pages
...September 9th, 1791, and informs the architect that they have agreed that the Federal district shall be called ' The Territory of Columbia,' and the Federal city, ' The City of Washington,' and' directs him to entitle his map accordingly. On the, 2d and 3d September, 1793, the following appears...
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THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

JOSEPH B. VARNUM - 1854 - 130 pages
...September 9th, 1791, and informs the architect that they have agreed that the Federal district shall be called "The Territory of Columbia," .and the Federal City, "The City of Washington," and directs him to entitle his map accordingly.f * By the retrocession of Alexandria, this stone is...
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Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volume 51

Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1918 - 636 pages
...name had been selected for the district and the city: 'We have agreed that the federal district shall be called " the Territory of Columbia," and the federal city "the City of Washington." The title of the map will therefore be "A map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia"'"...
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The Washington Sketch Book

Viator - Washington (D.C.) - 1864 - 302 pages
...September 9th, 1791, and informs the architect that they have agreed that the Federal district shall be called " The Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city, " The City of Washington," and directs him to entitle his map accordThe Major L'Enfant here referred to was the architect employed...
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The Household Masonic Library ...

1874 - 410 pages
...him, bearing date September 9, 1791, they informed him that they had agreed that the Federal District should be called "The Territory of Columbia," and the Federal City, " The City of Washington," and directed him to thus designate them on his maps. No baptismal name could have been more appropriate...
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Relations of the District of Columbia to the General Government: Is ...

N. P. Chipman - History - 1874 - 32 pages
...1791, they informed the architect, Major L'Enfant, that they had agreed to call the Federal district the "Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city the " city of Washington." L'Enfant was a French officer who sought service here during the Revolution. Having attracted the attention...
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An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and ...

Almanacs, American - 1878 - 428 pages
...records of the time, until September 9, 1791, when the commissioners directed that the Federal district should be called " the Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city " the City of Washington." Major L'Enfant, a French engineer, prepared the topographical plan of Washington City, under the direction...
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An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial ..., Volume 1

Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Almanacs - 1878 - 432 pages
...records of the time, until September 9, 1791, when the commissioners directed that the Federal district should be called " the Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city " the City of Washington." Major L'Enfant, a French engineer, prepared the topographical plan of Washington City, under the direction...
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1765-1812

John Thomas Scharf - Maryland - 1879 - 688 pages
...September 9th, 1791, they inform the engineer that they have agreed that the Federal District shall be called "the Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city "the City of Washington ;" and directs him to entitle his map accordingly. On the 19th of December, 1791, the General Assembly...
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