. Book of the Royal blue . ROy/IL B/A^-tm^WASHINGTON TOU/fP/ /909-/5P7PfffSONS Every True American Should Visit Washington. jASHINGTONis in manyrespects the most interest-ing city in America. It isthe favorite place of pil-grimage for thousands ofintelligent tourists, who areattracted from all parts of the world by thebeauty of its streets and parks, the architect-ural proportions of its massive and manypublic buildings, the numerous statues andhundreds of other objects that interest thetraveler. The subject of having a territory underthe exclusive jurisdiction of Congr
. Book of the Royal blue . ROy/IL B/A^-tm^WASHINGTON TOU/fP/ /909-/5P7PfffSONS Every True American Should Visit Washington. jASHINGTONis in manyrespects the most interest-ing city in America. It isthe favorite place of pil-grimage for thousands ofintelligent tourists, who areattracted from all parts of the world by thebeauty of its streets and parks, the architect-ural proportions of its massive and manypublic buildings, the numerous statues andhundreds of other objects that interest thetraveler. The subject of having a territory underthe exclusive jurisdiction of Congress wasone of the first to receive the attention ofthe legislators of the new republic, and theestablishment of a permanent seat of govern-ment, two years after the form of govern-ment was adopted by the nation, was one ofthe most important acts of Congress in theearly stages of the countrys existence. The Continental Congress opened itsfirst session in Philadelphia, September 5,1774, but on account of the advance madeby the British army, and other causes later on, it was compelled to keep up a peripa-tetic existence, moving from Philadelphi
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