Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volume 20The Society, 1917 - Washington (D.C.) |
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... passed by the Councils , to curb and pave the footways , streets and avenues , in- cluding the south side of Massachusetts Avenue , be- tween 17th Street and Connecticut Avenue . One hundred and thirty - two streets and avenues were ...
... passed by the Councils , to curb and pave the footways , streets and avenues , in- cluding the south side of Massachusetts Avenue , be- tween 17th Street and Connecticut Avenue . One hundred and thirty - two streets and avenues were ...
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... passed to run new mains to parts of the city unsupplied with water . The Mayor was a member of a Commission to have the canal dredged , narrowed , or arched , and converted into a sewer , the expense to be met by issue of $ 200,000 ...
... passed to run new mains to parts of the city unsupplied with water . The Mayor was a member of a Commission to have the canal dredged , narrowed , or arched , and converted into a sewer , the expense to be met by issue of $ 200,000 ...
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... passed since then and it is no credit that a grant of land has not , as yet , been made for education in the District of Columbia.26 The Mayor was authorized to select suitable offices for the Board of Trustees of the Public Schools ...
... passed since then and it is no credit that a grant of land has not , as yet , been made for education in the District of Columbia.26 The Mayor was authorized to select suitable offices for the Board of Trustees of the Public Schools ...
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... passed , unless it is desired that I shall continue the sys- tem of making contracts for work and of employing laborers without knowing how or when payment is to be made , thus in- volving the city deeper and deeper in debt . It is not ...
... passed , unless it is desired that I shall continue the sys- tem of making contracts for work and of employing laborers without knowing how or when payment is to be made , thus in- volving the city deeper and deeper in debt . It is not ...
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... passed , according to a statement made at the time by Mr. Emery , was not the law promised . He said the people , who should have the controlling power , were completely ignored and not allowed to choose a single member of the Common ...
... passed , according to a statement made at the time by Mr. Emery , was not the law promised . He said the people , who should have the controlling power , were completely ignored and not allowed to choose a single member of the Common ...
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Page 222 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 65 - Such an institution claims the patronage of Congress, as a monument of their solicitude for the advancement of knowledge, without which the blessings of liberty cannot be fully enjoyed, or long preserved...
Page 62 - It is with you, gentlemen, to consider whether the local powers over the District of Columbia vested by the Constitution in the Congress of the United States shall be immediately exercised.
Page 50 - And I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders as Captain.
Page 65 - ... without which the blessings of liberty can not be fully enjoyed or long preserved; as a model instructive in the formation of other seminaries; as a nursery of enlightened preceptors, and as a central resort of youth and genius from every part of their country, diffusing on their return examples of those national feelings, those liberal sentiments, and those congenial manners which contribute cement to our Union and strength to the great political fabric of which that is the foundation.
Page 209 - Degree aforesaid, unto the true Meridian of the first Fountain of the River of Pattowmack, thence verging towards the South, unto the further Bank of the said River, and following the same on the West and South, unto a certain Place called Cinquack...
Page 195 - ... for the defence of American liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof...
Page 67 - ... national university and a military academy. With respect to the latter, had he lived to the present day, in turning his eyes to the institution at West Point he would have enjoyed the gratification of his most earnest wishes; but in surveying the city which has been honored with his name he would have seen the spot of earth which he had destined and bequeathed to the use and benefit of his country as the site for a university still bare and barren.
Page 95 - I commend their interests and defense to the enlightened and generous care of Congress. I recommend to the favorable consideration of Congress the interests of the District of Columbia. The insurrection has been the cause of much suffering and sacrifice to its inhabitants, and as they have no representative in Congress that body should not overlook their just claims upon the Government.
Page 152 - States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to instruct the commanders of the public armed vessels which are or which shall be employed in the service of the United States to subdue, seize, and take any armed French vessel which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of the United States...