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.

Details

Language

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.) -- History Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel F106

About the author

H. Paul (Hans Paul) Caemmerer

1884–1962

A longtime steward of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, he helped shape how Washington’s history and civic design were recorded and understood. His books on the capital reflect a rare mix of scholarship, public service, and deep interest in art and archaeology.

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