Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volume 20The Society, 1917 - Washington (D.C.) |
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... Congress to act unitedly and intelligently on the perplexing problems of the National Capital . Until after his unanimous nomination by the Re- form Association , in April " Mr. Emery gave little en- couragement of his acceptance ...
... Congress to act unitedly and intelligently on the perplexing problems of the National Capital . Until after his unanimous nomination by the Re- form Association , in April " Mr. Emery gave little en- couragement of his acceptance ...
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... Congress , Washington would be made a Captial worthy of the American people . " The Chronicle championed the cause of Mr. Bowen and bitterly assailed Mr. Emery , who was accused of being an intolerant , bigoted fanatic and a " Know ...
... Congress , Washington would be made a Captial worthy of the American people . " The Chronicle championed the cause of Mr. Bowen and bitterly assailed Mr. Emery , who was accused of being an intolerant , bigoted fanatic and a " Know ...
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... Congress , requiring a two - thirds vote of the Board to reject an appointee of the Mayor , 14 Chronicle , September 13 , 1870 , August 26 , 1870 . 15 Chronicle , September 9 , 1870 . but was subsequently reconsidered and the item ex ...
... Congress , requiring a two - thirds vote of the Board to reject an appointee of the Mayor , 14 Chronicle , September 13 , 1870 , August 26 , 1870 . 15 Chronicle , September 9 , 1870 . but was subsequently reconsidered and the item ex ...
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... Congress , in relation to the city , after Mr. Emery became Mayor , pertained to the regulation of tax assessments and non - diversion of money from the object for which levied and collected . On the recommendation of the Mayor ...
... Congress , in relation to the city , after Mr. Emery became Mayor , pertained to the regulation of tax assessments and non - diversion of money from the object for which levied and collected . On the recommendation of the Mayor ...
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... Congress the donation of public lands for education in the Distrct of Columbia . The committee pointed out that the founders , Washington , Jefferson and Madison , had recommended the plan , that nearly eighty million acres had been ...
... Congress the donation of public lands for education in the Distrct of Columbia . The committee pointed out that the founders , Washington , Jefferson and Madison , had recommended the plan , that nearly eighty million acres had been ...
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Page 52 - President of the United States of America To all who shall see these Presents Greetings...
Page 263 - Company, and was one of its early stockholders and a member of its board of trustees until the time of his death. He was also a member of the board of...
Page 224 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door ; Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; 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 67 - 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 52 - And I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders as Captain.
Page 67 - ... 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 170 - Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pill'ar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic...
Page 68 - The growing population, already considerable, and the increasing business of the District, which it is believed already interferes with the deliberations of Congress on great national concerns, furnish additional motives for recommending this subject to your consideration. When we view the great blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down, unimpaired, to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to...
Page 68 - The situation of this district, it is thought, requires the attention of Congress. By the constitution the power of legislation is exclusively vested in the Congress of the United States. In the exercise of this power, in which the people have no participation, Congress legislate in all cases directly on the local concerns of the district. As this is a departure, for a special purpose, from the general principles of our system, it may merit consideration whether an arrangement better adapted to the...
Page 211 - 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...