. Book of the Royal blue . POSITION OF THE CENTER OF POPULATION : 1790-1900. CENSUS YEARS. North West latitude. longitude. 89° 76° 39 76 39 7; :;, J 39 78 ■ , 9 79 39 Kil Mi 38 SI 39 82 39 B8 39 84 39 85 39 85 Approximate location by Important towDs. Westward movement lu miles during preceding deeade. 17901800 1S101820 1830 23 miles iiim nt Baltimore, Maryland 15 milis wesl nt Baltimore, Maryland 10 miles northwest by west of Washington. District f Col bla. 16 miles
. Book of the Royal blue . POSITION OF THE CENTER OF POPULATION : 1790-1900. CENSUS YEARS. North West latitude. longitude. 89° 76° 39 76 39 7; :;, J 39 78 ■ , 9 79 39 Kil Mi 38 SI 39 82 39 B8 39 84 39 85 39 85 Approximate location by Important towDs. Westward movement lu miles during preceding deeade. 17901800 1S101820 1830 23 miles iiim nt Baltimore, Maryland 15 milis wesl nt Baltimore, Maryland 10 miles northwest by west of Washington. District f Col bla. 16 miles north of W Lstock, Virginia ].l miles u .-st suntliwest of Moore field. West Virginia 16 miles south of Clarksburg, AWst Virginia 23 miles southeast of Parkersburg. West Virginia 20 miles south of Cnillicotoe, Ohio 48 miles east by north of Cincinnati, Ohio 8 miles west by south of Cincinnati, Ohio - 20 miles east ol I iolumbus, Indiana 7 miles southeast of Columbus, Indiana 41 :i 5039555581425848 ...J I / i:/. Outline map 6muhn6 cwTifts ornpuurioH of umrw Statu FVREKHaNSUS. A HUNDRED YEARS OF WASHINGTON, D. C. ON Wednesday, December 12, 1900, theCity of Washington celebrated its100th anniversary as Capital of theUnited States. In honor of the event thePresident of the United States gave areception to the Governors of all the states,and commemorative exercises were heldjointly by both houses of Congress in thehall of the Representatives, after a grandmilitary and naval parade. A complete historical sketch of thefounding of the District of Columbia andthe building of Washington City may befound in the December number of theEeview of Reviews, by the editor, Mr. Al-bert Shaw, of which the following is part: George Washington was first inaugu-rated where the subtreasury now stands inWall Street, New York City, and subse-quently the federal government held forthin Philadelphia. But even in the earlierperiod of the Confederation it was feltthat local influences should be avoided
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