Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia.
Comp. by William V. Cox. Under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.

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Corporate Author

Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia.

Related Names

Busey, Samuel C. (Samuel Clagett), 1828-1901.
Parsons, Arthur Jeffrey, 1856-1915.
Hunt, Gaillard, 1862-1924.
Bryan, W. B. (Wilhelmus Bogart), 1854-1938.
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908.
Cox, William Van Zandt, 1852-1923.
United States. Congress.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1901.

Subjects

Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > Washington (D.C.) / History.
History

Note

Appendix: 1. The coming of the white man, and the founding of the national capital. By A.R. Spofford.--2. Removal of the government to the District of Columbia in 1800. By A.R. Spofford.--3. Removal of the seat of government to Washington. By W.B. Bryan.--4. The centennial of the permanent seat of the government of the United States. By S.C. Busey.--5. Locating the capital. By Gaillard Hunt.--6. Sketch of the various forms of local government in the District of Columbia: with list of Washington city officials [1802-1898]. By W.B. Bryan.--7. Plans for treatment of that portion of the District of Columbia south of Pennsylvania Avenue and north of B Street S.W., and for a connection between Potomac and Zoological Parks.--8. Books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps and original plans of the "Centennial exhibition" in the Division of Prints, Library of Congress. Washington. Comp. by A.J. Parsons.--9. Beautifying the national capital. By W.V. Cox.
Printed according to act of Congress approved March 3, 1901. Public, 136.
"The arrangements for the celebration were made, by authority of an act of Congress, under the direction of a joint executive committee, made up of representatives of the two houses of Congress, of the governors of the states and territories, and of citizens of the District of Columbia."--p. 15.
On back of cover: National Capital Centennial. 1900.
At head of title: 1800-1900.

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343 p. plates, 2 port. on 1 pl., fold. plans, facsims. (part col.) 30 cm.

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