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Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Fortress Monroe (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Potomac River (United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Washington, D. C.
Seat of the government of the United States; popularly known as the City of magnificent distances ; co-extensive with the District of Columbia; locally governed by three commissioners acting directly under the authority of Congress; population in 1890, 230,392; in 1900, 278,718.
By act of Congress approved July 16, 1790, the seat of the national government was to be located on the Potomac River.
The commissioners appointed to locate it were Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, and Daniel Carroll, of Maryland, and they gave the name of Washington to the new city.
They chose the lands adjacent to Georgetown, lying between Rock Creek and the eastern branch of the Potomac
Washington—scene in Pennsylvania Avenue. along the shores of the river, and made arrangements with owners of the land for them to cede to the United States the whole, containing from 3,000 to 5,000 acres, on the condition that when it should be surveyed and laid off as a city the proprietors sho
Capitol Hill (United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
America (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Chambersburg (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Milford (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry washington-d-c