Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the seat of government in the District of Columbia

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At head of title: 1800-1900 On back of cover: National Capital Centennial. 1900 Folded map affixed between plates 32 and 34: Working plan showing approximate grades and drains for the treatment of that section of the District of Columbia ... (50 x 83 cm., folded to 28 cm.) Folded maps affixed to pages in rear of vol.: Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of government of the United States ... (53 x 79 cm., folded to 28 cm.); Plan of the city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland ... (47 x 53 cm., folded to 27 cm.); Defenses of Washington : extract of military map of N.E. Virginia (46 x 36 cm., folded to 27 cm.); Map of the District of Columbia, 1901 (57 x 73 cm., folded to 27 cm.) "The arrangements for the celebration were made, by authority of an act of Congress, under the direction of a joint executive committee, made up of representatives of the two houses of Congress, of the governors of the states and territories, and of citizens of the District of Columbia."--p. 15 Printed according to act of Congress approved March 3, 1901. Public, 136 Appendix: 1. The coming of the white man, and the founding of the national capital. By A.R. Spofford.--2. Removal of the government to the District of Columbia in 1800. By A.R. Spofford.--3. Removal of the seat of government to Washington. By W.B. Bryan.--4. The centennial of the permanent seat of the government of the United States. By S.C. Busey.--5. Locating the capital. By Gaillard Hunt.--6. Sketch of the various forms of local government in the District of Columbia: with list of Washington city officials [1802-1898]. By W.B. Bryan.--7. Plans for treatment of that portion of the District of Columbia south of Pennsylvania Avenue and north of B Street S.W., and for a connection between Potomac and Zoological Parks.--8. Books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps and original plans of the "Centennial exhibition" in the Division of Prints, Library of Congress. Washington. Comp. by A.J. Parsons.--9. Beautifying the national capital. By W.V. Cox Bound in cloth, with gold illustration and lettering on front cover and gold lettering on spine; holograph (handwritten) inscription in ink on flyleaf: Charles F. Roberts 18
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