. Gazetteer of the District of Columbia for 1871-2. See Index—pp. 25-6. THOS. RUSSELL. CHAS. RUSSELL. J. H. COWMAN. HOSIERY, GLOVES ALSO, AGENTS FOR Bottums, and Brainerd ^ Armstrongs Machine Silk 252 W. Baltiiiioxc Hti*eet, (upstairs,) BALTIMORE. MEROHANT TAILOR 81 A^^est Fayette Street, BALTIMORE, MD. I am prepared to furnish the LATEST STYLES OF CLOTH-ING TO ORDER, and in quality and price to competewith any first-class establishment in my line. PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE FOR YOURSELF. MANUFACTURERS OF Adamantine & Tallow Candles COR. OF HOLLIDAY ^ PLEASANT STS. Distiller and. Kectifier of all
. Gazetteer of the District of Columbia for 1871-2. See Index—pp. 25-6. THOS. RUSSELL. CHAS. RUSSELL. J. H. COWMAN. HOSIERY, GLOVES ALSO, AGENTS FOR Bottums, and Brainerd ^ Armstrongs Machine Silk 252 W. Baltiiiioxc Hti*eet, (upstairs,) BALTIMORE. MEROHANT TAILOR 81 A^^est Fayette Street, BALTIMORE, MD. I am prepared to furnish the LATEST STYLES OF CLOTH-ING TO ORDER, and in quality and price to competewith any first-class establishment in my line. PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE FOR YOURSELF. MANUFACTURERS OF Adamantine & Tallow Candles COR. OF HOLLIDAY ^ PLEASANT STS. Distiller and. Kectifier of all kinds of DOMESTIC LIQUORS And Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Wilis All 1141111i, 913 Seventh Street, bet. I St. and Mass. Ave. WASHINGTON, D. C. See Index—pp. DISTRKT OF COLUMBIA. This District, contuinin<^ an area of sixty s({uare miles, was cededto tlie United States by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland,December 23, 1788. The District of Colnmbia was created by Con-gress July 16, 1790, the corner-stone of whicli was laid A)iril 15, 1* December^ 1800, the seat of Government was transfeired to tinsDistrict, hence the establishment of the National Capital dates fromthat date. The District of Columbia was, })rior to tlie act of Conf:;-ressapproved February 21, 1871, governed solely by Congress, and thepeople up to that tme had no political status whatever. Now, how-ever, the case is entirely changed ; the laws of the government are madeby the representatives of the people, and the elective franchise isenjoyed here as in other sections of the country. The papulation ofthe District, according to the last census, amounts to 131,097 inhabi-tants. The climate of the District, though changeable, is as ireefrom malaria as any other
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