. A history of the United States. al. — One of the last acts of the Federalistswas to move the seat of government from Philadelphia toWashington, the new capital on the Potomac. The city waslocated in a tract of land ten miles square, called the Dis-trict of Columbia, which had been given to the United 1 Jefferson and his Republican running-mate, Aaron Burr, received thesame number of votes, and the House of Representatives chose Jefferson Pres-ident and Burr Vice-President. An amendment was adopted in 1804 whichrequired the electors to vote separately for President and Vice-President. 264 RUL
. A history of the United States. al. — One of the last acts of the Federalistswas to move the seat of government from Philadelphia toWashington, the new capital on the Potomac. The city waslocated in a tract of land ten miles square, called the Dis-trict of Columbia, which had been given to the United 1 Jefferson and his Republican running-mate, Aaron Burr, received thesame number of votes, and the House of Representatives chose Jefferson Pres-ident and Burr Vice-President. An amendment was adopted in 1804 whichrequired the electors to vote separately for President and Vice-President. 264 RULE OF JEFFERSON: A NEW WEST States by Virginia and Maryland.^ It was laid out on aspacious plan, its wide streets, large parks, and gardenstaking up more than half the ground. Little had been doneby 1800. A row of dreary boarding-houses, a partly finishedcapitol building for Congress, a Presidents house — thesewere all. The streets were ungraded, and ran through vastpatches of scrubby oak, wild ravines, and marshy river The White House in 1800 Many made fun of it as a city of magnificent distances, orthe seat of the Presidents palace in the woods. It seemeda dreary place to the members of Congress accustomed tothe gay Hfe of Philadelphia. The New President. — The new President was moreinteresting than the new capital. In appearance he was tall,of a reddish complexion, freckled, awkward, and shy inmanner. An EngHsh traveler said that he looked likea large-boned farmer. Although a great landowner andplanter in Virginia, he was a man of simple habits. Hedisliked the ceremonial with which Washington had sur-rounded the duties of the President. Instead of proceedingto the capitol building for his inauguration in a coach drawn 1 In 1846 Congress returned Virginias part, south of the Potomac, becauseit was not needed. JEFFERSONS ADMINISTRATION 265 by six cream-colored horses, as Adams had done, he walkedacross the square from his boarding-house accompanied bya few friends
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