Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people ..Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . dent, June30th. On the 28th of July an address was received from the citizens of Philadelphiainviting Congress to return, and assuring them that they would be duly protected;and on August 1st a motion was offered that Congress adjourn on the 8th to meetat Philadelphia on the 12th, and remain until the last Monday of October, andthen adjourn to Annapolis, unless differently decided in the meantime. The sub-ject
Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people ..Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . dent, June30th. On the 28th of July an address was received from the citizens of Philadelphiainviting Congress to return, and assuring them that they would be duly protected;and on August 1st a motion was offered that Congress adjourn on the 8th to meetat Philadelphia on the 12th, and remain until the last Monday of October, andthen adjourn to Annapolis, unless differently decided in the meantime. The sub-ject was discussed, and on the 22d of August, 1783, the delegates from Pennsyl-vania laid before Congress resolutions of the General Assembly of that State,agreeing to do all necessary to support and protect the honor and dignity of theUnited States iu Congress, and expressing their desire that Congress should arrangefor the permanent seat of government in that State. In the meantime the States of New York, Maryland, and Virginia had offeredplaces as a permanent seat of government, the former naming Kingston and thelatter Williamsburg, while Maryland named Annapolis. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON CITY. THE STRUGGLE FOR ITS POSSESSION. Owing to the difficulties experienced by Congress, as briefly set forth above, aswell as for the purpose of determining on a fixed seat of government, Congress, onthe 4th of June, 1783, resolved that copies of the act of the Legislature of Mary-land offering Annapolis, and of New York offering Kingston, for the permanentuse of Congress, be transmitted to the executives of the respective States, and theybe informed that Congress had set the first Monday of October next for takingsaid offers into consideration. Consequently, on the 6th of October, 1783, Congress proceeded to consider thepropositions of the several States, from New York to Virginia, inclusive, respect-ing a place for the permanent residence of Congress, and then there began astruggle such
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