. Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . - of Washingtonwas eventually built. It is told of a member of this colony, by the name of Pope, that heset up his lares and penates on the top of the hill where the Capitolnow stands. He called his plantation Rome, and a little streamthat meandered along the base of the hill, the Tiber, believingthat in the course of time a capital city greater than imperial Romewould arise on
. Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . - of Washingtonwas eventually built. It is told of a member of this colony, by the name of Pope, that heset up his lares and penates on the top of the hill where the Capitolnow stands. He called his plantation Rome, and a little streamthat meandered along the base of the hill, the Tiber, believingthat in the course of time a capital city greater than imperial Romewould arise on the spacious plateau where he cultivated his his friends and companions he was known as Pope of simple farmer was endowed with prophetic vision. Busy streets. THE DAVIE BURNS COTTAGE. 22 PICTURESQLTE WASHINGTON. now entirely cover the Tiber creek, and above its bank is the majes-tic legislative building of a vast continental nation, looking down upona city that in the near future may be even greater than Rome in itsproudest days. The laying out of Georgetown was authorized by the MarylandAssembly in 1751, and some time later this attractive suburb ofWashington began existence. It soon grew into a town of import-ance. During the Revolutionary War it was one of the places ofdeposit for military stores. The troops of both armies marchedthrough its streets and encamped on its steep hills. A small ferryconnected it with the Virginia shore. In Suters tavern, a favoriteresort in those days, the wealthy land-holders of the neighborhoodmet on business and for merry-makings, and they made its rudewalls ring with their jovial songs and stories. Whenever Washing-ton came up the river from his Mount Vernon estate he enjoyed thegood cheer of this ancient
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