Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . this session that formal recog-nition was made of the great nationalevent of the founding and establishmentof the national capital, by mutual congrat-ulatory addresses between the chief mag-
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . this session that formal recog-nition was made of the great nationalevent of the founding and establishmentof the national capital, by mutual congrat-ulatory addresses between the chief mag-istrate of the republic on the one part, andthe senate and house of representatives onthe other. A more beautiful site for a large citycould scarcely have been selected. On alevel plain some three miles in length, andvarying from a quarter to two miles wide,and extending from the banks of thePotomac to a range of hills boundingthe plain on the east, the new city waslaid out. The idea of General Washingtonwas that the capitol should be the centerof the city, and that avenues should radi-ate from it at equi-distant points. Tocomplete bis plan, the metropolis shouldhave a million of inhabitants, instead of 172 OUR FIRST CENTURY.—1776-1876. its present very moderate fraction of thatnumber. Though not a seven-hilled city,Washington has, as well as Rome, its Ca-pitoline Hill, commanding views scarcely. ,,,. ,.;?.? I ,11, tllUllliiliiu r^i,;
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