Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . Park, and was responded to by the great guns of the chain of fortsconstituting the defenses of the threatened capital of the Nation. The new Hall of the S. Extension was occupied by the House of Represen-tatives December 16, 1857, and that of the N. by the Senate January 4, Capitol to date cost: Main Building 83,000,000; Dome, $1,000,000;Extensions N. and S., J58,ooo,ooo ; miscellaneous, $1,000,000. Total, $13,000,-000. (See description of th
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . Park, and was responded to by the great guns of the chain of fortsconstituting the defenses of the threatened capital of the Nation. The new Hall of the S. Extension was occupied by the House of Represen-tatives December 16, 1857, and that of the N. by the Senate January 4, Capitol to date cost: Main Building 83,000,000; Dome, $1,000,000;Extensions N. and S., J58,ooo,ooo ; miscellaneous, $1,000,000. Total, $13,000,-000. (See description of the Capitol for details of its construction, embellishmettts, and objects of mtrrest within its mighty walls.) IIIST0E7 OF coiraBESs. The First ContinentalCongress, Peyton Ran-dolph, of Va., Presidentmet at Philadelphia inSeptember, 1774, all thecolonies except Geoi^iabeing represented. TheBritish king and minis-try were highly incensedat these persons, stylingthemselves delegates ofhis majestys coloniesin America, havingpresumed, without hismajestys consent, to as-semble together at Philadelphia. The royal disap-probation of the proceed-. HISTORY OF CONGRESS. 119 iiij na(l no effect whatever. This Congress met May lo 1775, at Philadelphia,Aiiiu chose Peyton Randolph, of Va., President; but owing to severe illnesshe resigned, and on May 24, John Hancock was chosen. Since this gatheringtk( American Congress, Continental or General, as it has been variously styled,hai had an unbroken line of succession. Under the Articles of Confederation^executed at Philadelphia July 9, 1778, Congress met annually on the first Mon-day in November. 1 he first Congress under tht Constitution commenced March 4, 1789, heldtwc sessions in New York City, and subsequently met in Philapelphia, , 1/90. Here it remained until June, 1800, when the executive branch of theGo-ernmentwas transferred from Philadelphia to the Permanent Seat of Gov-ert^ment^ and future Capitol of the Republic, establis
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