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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), District of Columbia. (search)
er such district (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States ......Sept. 17, 1787 Act of Maryland to cede to Congress 10 miles square in the State for the seat of government of the United States......Dec. 23, 1788 Act of Virginia ceding 10 miles square or less upon the Potomac for the seat of government of the United States......Dec. 3, 1789 Georgetown incorporated......Dec. 25, 1789 Act of Congress locating the district for a seat of government......July 16, 1790, and March 3, 1791 President Washington appoints Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll, of Maryland, and David Stuart, of Virginia, commissioners to survey the federal district......Jan. 22, 1791 Nineteen proprietors agree upon terms for sale of lands to the government. Lots for public buildings to be paid for at $125 per acre, streets free; other lots to be the joint property of the owners and the publi