A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . heminor streets are distinguished by the letters of the alphabet, and tracts ofground have been reserved for public squares. Except during the sessions ofcongress, when the city is thronged with strangers from all parts of the coun-try, there is little to intere
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . heminor streets are distinguished by the letters of the alphabet, and tracts ofground have been reserved for public squares. Except during the sessions ofcongress, when the city is thronged with strangers from all parts of the coun-try, there is little to interest one but the public buildings and the navy yard. The presidents house is a large edifice of white marble, with Grecianfronts, situated about a mile west of the capitol, and near the public is two stories high, with a lofty basement, and one hundred and eightyfeet long, by eighty-five in width; it is surrounded by a wall. The en-trance hall leads into the drawing room, where the company are received&t the levees. The capitol is placed in an area of above twenty acres ofground, inclosed by an iron railing, and commands, by the sudden declivi- 334 BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES. tv of the ground on one side, a very charming view of the city and adjoin-ing country, and of the river Potomac. The building is three hundred. Presidents House. and fifty-two feet in front, and the greatest height to the top is one hundredand forty-five feet. The chamber of representatives is semi-circular, in . mm
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