A manual on the origin and development of Washington

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A manual on the origin and development of Washington

by H. Paul (Hans Paul) Caemmerer

EN·~9 hours·33 chapters

Chapters

33 total

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

0:29

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 280 Submitted by Mr. Hayden

0:24

PREFACE

4:05

ILLUSTRATIONS

9:18

Chapter I THE FEDERAL CITY STORY OF THE MOVEMENT WHICH ESTABLISHED THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT NEAR THE POTOMAC

18:17

Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEATS OF GOVERNMENT

14:28

Chapter III DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL THE PLAN OF THE CITY - SITE OF THE FEDERAL CITY

13:16

Chapter IV MAJ. PIERRE CHARLES L’ENFANT

4:47

Chapter V THE L’ENFANT PLAN

12:28

Chapter VI EARLY WASHINGTON

10:44

Description

Revision of: Washington, the national capital.

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Duration

~9 hours (532K characters)

Series

Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate); 75th Congress, no. 178.

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2023-01-18

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Washington (D.C.) -- HistoryWashington (D.C.) -- Description and travelF106

About the author

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H. Paul (Hans Paul) Caemmerer

1884–1962

An art historian, lawyer, and public servant, he wrote with unusual authority about how Washington, D.C., was planned and shaped. His books bring the capital’s design history to life through careful research and a clear sense of place.

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