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Source:
CENTENNIAL HISTORY
of the City of
WASHINGTON, D. C.
With Full Outline
of the
Natural Advantages, Accounts of the Indian Tribes, Selection of the
Site Founding of the City, Pioneer Life, Municipal, Military,
Mercantile, Manufacturing, and Transportation Interests, the Press,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Public Buildings, Etc., Etc., to the
Present Time.
ILLUSTRATED
Dayton, Ohio
Published for H. W. Crew by the
United Brethren Publishing House,
W. J. Shuey, Publisher
1892. TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Contents will be finished soon ~ SWick
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CHAPTER I. - NATURAL ADVANTAGES |
17-55 |
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- Situation and
Natural Surroundings of the City
- The District of Columbia
- Prime Meridians of the World
- Design of Making and Attempts to Make the Meridian of Washington A Prime
Meridian
- History of the Efforts to Determine the Latitude and Longitude of
Washington
- Efforts to Establish an Astronomical Observatory at Washington
- William Lambert's Work
- Andrew Ellicott\s Work
- Errors in Mr. Lambert's Work
- R. T. Paine's Work
- Sears C. Walker's Work
- Latitude and Longitude of the Four Corners of the District of Columbia,
of the Washington Monument, and the Naval Observatory
- Ellicott's Azimuth Mark
- Other Original Landmarks
- The Center Stone
- The Center of the District of Columbia
- The Climate of Washington
- Thermometrical and Barometrical Elevations
- The Potomac River
- Jefferson's Description f the Confluence of the Potomac and
Shenandoah Rivers
- The Great Falls
- Captain John Smith's Exploration of the Potomac
- The Potomac Fisheries
- Theoretic Geology of the Vicinity of Washington
- Economic Geology
- The Botany of the District of Columbia |
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CHAPTER II. - INDIAN HISTORY |
56-63 |
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CHAPTER III. - WASHINGTON BECOMES THE CAPITAL. |
64-86 |
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CHAPTER IV. - PERMANENT CAPITAL SITE SELECTED |
87-107 |
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- The Act
of Congress Approved July 16, 1790
- Appointment of Commissioners
- President Washington's Proclamation
- Location and Surroundings of the District Chosen under Above Act
- Description of the Site by John Cotton Smith
- Extract from the Herald
- Carrollsburgh and Hamburgh
- The Agreement with the Proprietors
- The Act of Maryland
- Conveyance of Lands to Trustees
- Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant Selected to Prepare a Plan of the
City
- His Plan Approved
- Thomas Jefferson's Part in This Matter
- The Name, "City of Washington," Conferred
- The Plan of the City Discussed
- Major L'Enfant's Dismissal
- Act of Congress Compensating L'Enfant for His Services
- Andrew Elliott Succeeds L'Enfant
- Completes the Survey of the District of Columbia
- Close of the Rule of the Commissioners
- Difficulties with the Original Proprietors
- Washington's Letter in Reference Thereto
- David Burns Still Obstinate
- Finally Yields
- Extracts from New York Daily Advertiser
- Estimate of the Value of the Work of Those Who
Selected the Site of the National Capital |
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CHAPTER V. - PIONEER LIFE |
108-121 |
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CHAPTER VI. - MUNICIPAL |
122-179 |
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CHAPTER VII. - GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY |
180-201 |
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CHAPTER VIII. - MILITARY HISTORY |
202-284 |
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CHAPTER IX. - TRANSPORTATION |
285-350 |
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CHAPTER X. - HISTORY OF BANKING |
351-405 |
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CHAPTER XI. - MERCANTILE HISTORY |
406-421 |
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CHAPTER XII. - MANUFACTURING |
422-439 |
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CHAPTER XIII. - HISTORY OF THE PRESS |
440-468 |
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CHAPTER XIV. - EDUCATIONAL HISTORY |
469-518 |
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CHAPTER XV. - LITERATURE AND ART |
519-533 |
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CHAPTER XVI. - CHURCH HISTORY |
534-588 |
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CHAPTER XVII. - MEDICAL HISTORY |
589-617 |
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Introduction of Vaccination in the District of Columbia
- Early Physicians
- Healthfulness of Washington
- Board of Health
- Cholera Epidemic
- Its Prevention by the Board of Health
- Deaths from Cholera
- SKETCHES of Physicians
- Medical Societies |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS |
618-657 |
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CHAPTER XIX. - GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC MONUMENTS |
658-695 |
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CHAPTER XX. - CEMETERIES -
Finished 8/31/2026 |
696-701 |
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- Burying
Ground
- Congressional Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Rock Creek Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Arlington Cemetery
- Other Cemeteries |
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CHAPTER XXI. - SOCIETIES |
702-715 |
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CHAPTER XXII. - BENCH AND BAR |
716-753 |
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- Peculiar
Character of the District of Columbia
- Laws of the States of Virginia and Maryland Continued in Force Therein
- Rights Preserved
- Appeals to the Supreme Court
- The Circuit Court
- The Orphans' Court
- Police Court
- District Marshal
- The Jurisdiction of the Courts
- Kendall versus the United States
- Chief Justices of the Circuit Court
- Thomas Jeffersn
- William Kilty
- William Cranch
- George W. Hopkins
- James Dunlop
- Associate Justices
- James Marashall
- Nicholas Fitzhugh
- Allen R. Duckett
- Buckner Thruston
- James S. Morsell
- William M. Merrick
- The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
- David K. Cartter
- Edward F. Bingham
- Abraham B. Olin
- George P. Fisher
- Andrew Wylie
- D. C. Humphries
- Arthur McArthur
- A. B. Hagner
- Walter S. Cox
- Charles P. James
- Martin V. Montgomery
- Andrew C. Bradley
- The Criminal Court
- Thomas Hartley Crawford
- The Police Court
- Celebrated Cases in the Courts of the District of Columbia
- The Lawrence Case
- The White Case
- The Gardiner Case
- The Herbert Case
- The Sickles Case
- The Assassination of President Lincoln
- Hallett, Kilbourn
- The Guiteau Case
- The Star Route Cases
- Members of the Early Bar
- Francis S. Key
- Wiliam L. Brent
- Philip R. Fendall
- Richard S. Case
- Joseph H. Bradley
- James M. Carlisle
- Henry May
- The Present Bar |
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CHAPTER XXIII. - CLAIMS |
754-759 |
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- The
Prosecution of Claims Against the Government
- Claims Growing out of the Wars of the Country
- The Board of Commissioners on Mexican War Claims
- Nature of These Claims Requires Lawyers of the Highest Standing and
Ability
- The Court of Claims
- Amounts Paid out in Pensions
- Importance of the Profession
- George E. Lemon's Building
- Names of Some of the Attorneys Engaged in the Prosecution of Claims.
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- ILLUSTRATIONS -
| Washington, George |
Frontispiece |
| Britton, Alexander T. |
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| Clark, William E. |
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| Clarke, Daniel B. |
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| Emery, Matthew G. |
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| Glover, Charles C. |
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| Hall, James C. |
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| Johnston, William P. |
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| Lincoln, Nathan S. |
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| McIlhenny, George A. |
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| Mattingly, William F. |
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| Morgan, James E. |
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| Norment, Samuel |
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| Parker, Myron M. |
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| Prentiss, Daniel W. |
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| Ross, John W. |
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| Shepherd, Alexander R. |
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| Tallmadge, Theodore W. |
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| Thomas Ammi A. |
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| Thompson, John W. |
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| Toner, Joseph M. |
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| Webb, William B. |
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| Wilson, Jesse B. |
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