Centennial History of the City of Washington, D. C.: With Full Outline of the Natural Advantages, Accounts of the Indian Tribes, Selection of the Site, Founding of the City ... to the Present TimeHarvey W. Crew H. W. Crew, 1892 - 754 էջ |
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... called the " North Meridian Stone . " It is located , according to Mr. C. H. Sinclair , assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey , " to the west of the prolongation of North Capitol Street , just beyond Boundary Street ...
... called the " North Meridian Stone . " It is located , according to Mr. C. H. Sinclair , assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey , " to the west of the prolongation of North Capitol Street , just beyond Boundary Street ...
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... called Merid- ian Hill , to the intersection of the diagonal lines at the north point of the District of Columbia , about one mile due west from Silver Springs , Maryland . Upon this line , about eighty yards south of the present ...
... called Merid- ian Hill , to the intersection of the diagonal lines at the north point of the District of Columbia , about one mile due west from Silver Springs , Maryland . Upon this line , about eighty yards south of the present ...
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... called the " Capitol Stone , " and stood a little south of the Washington Monument , and about eighty- five yards to the west . This was a rough - hewn freestone , projecting about three feet above the surrounding earth , and one foot ...
... called the " Capitol Stone , " and stood a little south of the Washington Monument , and about eighty- five yards to the west . This was a rough - hewn freestone , projecting about three feet above the surrounding earth , and one foot ...
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... called Sycamore Landing . At this fishery , in perhaps the year 1825 , at one draught of the seine , four hundred and fifty rockfish were taken , the average weight of each fish being sixty pounds . It was then , and is now , of course ...
... called Sycamore Landing . At this fishery , in perhaps the year 1825 , at one draught of the seine , four hundred and fifty rockfish were taken , the average weight of each fish being sixty pounds . It was then , and is now , of course ...
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... called terra cotta or pottery tubing used largely in the city for sewers , drain pipes , culverts , etc. In New Jersey , the pottery clays of the same formation are extensively used in the manufacture of fire brick , and other varieties ...
... called terra cotta or pottery tubing used largely in the city for sewers , drain pipes , culverts , etc. In New Jersey , the pottery clays of the same formation are extensively used in the manufacture of fire brick , and other varieties ...
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Centennial History of the City of Washington, D. C.: With Full Outline of ... Harvey W. Crew Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1892 |
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Էջ 267 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Էջ 504 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Էջ 608 - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge among Men.
Էջ 88 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Էջ 236 - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea : from thence up the middle of that river...
Էջ 126 - The discussion took place. I could take no part in it but an exhortatory one, because I was a stranger to the circumstances which should govern it. But it was finally agreed, that whatever importance had been attached to the rejection of this proposition, the preservation of the Union and of concord among the States was more important, and that therefore it would be better that the vote of rejection should be rescinded, to effect which, some members should change their votes.
Էջ 125 - ... him ; and that the question having been lost by a small majority only, it was probable that an appeal from me to the judgment and discretion of some of my friends, might effect a change in the vote, and the machine of government, now suspended, might be again set into motion.
Էջ 87 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Էջ 126 - So two of the Potomac members (White and Lee, but White with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive) agreed to change their votes, and Hamilton undertook to carry the other point.
Էջ 33 - But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture, is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous.