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Excerpt from Bohn's Hand-Book of Washington: Beautifully Illustrated With Steel Engravings of All the Public Buildings and the Government Statuary The object of this little volume is simply to supply Strangers, who may visit the National Metropolis on business or pleasure, with all the information of a local character, calculated to be of service to them. But before proceeding with details, it will be proper to give the leading facts connected with the establishment of the present Seat of the General Government. The idea of locating it on the Potomac was originally suggested by General George Washington, after long and mature deliberation, and the Act of Congress, which created the territory of the District of Columbia, was passed on the 16th of July, 1790; - in the Senate by a vote of 14 to 12, and in the House of Representatives of 32 to 29. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.