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... CAPITAL .. 121 139 XI . CHURCHES , ART GALLERIES , THEATERS , CLUBS , ETC ...... 145 XII . EXCURSIONS ABOUT WASHINGTON . I. To Mount Vernon . 2. To Arlington and Fort Meyer 151 151 157 Reef 8-10-28 BF 3. To the Soldiers ' Home , Rock ...
... CAPITAL .. 121 139 XI . CHURCHES , ART GALLERIES , THEATERS , CLUBS , ETC ...... 145 XII . EXCURSIONS ABOUT WASHINGTON . I. To Mount Vernon . 2. To Arlington and Fort Meyer 151 151 157 Reef 8-10-28 BF 3. To the Soldiers ' Home , Rock ...
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... capital of the United States- a city frequented more than any other in the country by sight - seers . It is neither an encyclopedia nor a history ; nor does it presume to select for you what you should like and what you should dislike ...
... capital of the United States- a city frequented more than any other in the country by sight - seers . It is neither an encyclopedia nor a history ; nor does it presume to select for you what you should like and what you should dislike ...
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... capital city . The first Congress of the United States had the task of establishing a Federal capital , under a plan for taking in some small tract of land and exercising exclusive jurisdiction over it . In 1790 a bill was passed ...
... capital city . The first Congress of the United States had the task of establishing a Federal capital , under a plan for taking in some small tract of land and exercising exclusive jurisdiction over it . In 1790 a bill was passed ...
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... capital has developed along the lines of the last - named group is typical of the growth and change in the balance of the whole country since L'Enfant's day . The rectilinear streets run exactly north and south and east and west . The ...
... capital has developed along the lines of the last - named group is typical of the growth and change in the balance of the whole country since L'Enfant's day . The rectilinear streets run exactly north and south and east and west . The ...
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... capital to some point west of the Mississippi . The population of the District —which is a fairer statement than to quote the city merely — is now about 275,000 , and it is steadily grow- ing . In 1800 it was 14,093 , when the District ...
... capital to some point west of the Mississippi . The population of the District —which is a fairer statement than to quote the city merely — is now about 275,000 , and it is steadily grow- ing . In 1800 it was 14,093 , when the District ...
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