. Book of the Royal blue . THE TKKAMKV. ferson, then Secretary of State, approvedthe plans laid out by this officer. Thehistory of the building of Washington,its subsequent fires and destruction ofprominent buildings, either by war orfrom natural causes, will be passed. As the tourist enters the city overthe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad the domeof the Capitol first commands his atten-tion from the car window, and alightingfrom the train he is at once impressedwith the grandeur of this magnificent however, decreed otherwise, and thetown grew to the northwest ; and wereit not for the new Congressio
. Book of the Royal blue . THE TKKAMKV. ferson, then Secretary of State, approvedthe plans laid out by this officer. Thehistory of the building of Washington,its subsequent fires and destruction ofprominent buildings, either by war orfrom natural causes, will be passed. As the tourist enters the city overthe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad the domeof the Capitol first commands his atten-tion from the car window, and alightingfrom the train he is at once impressedwith the grandeur of this magnificent however, decreed otherwise, and thetown grew to the northwest ; and wereit not for the new Congressional Li-brary, which is east of the Capitol, thegreat statue would remain with her backto all of the public buildings. Probably the grandest view of theCapitol is obtained from the Peace Mon-ument, at the west entrance to thegrounds. As the visitors time is gener-ally limited, the most economical meth-od of seeing the interior projierly is to. rill: « \^lMM.|iiS MKNT,
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