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Title: A manual on the origin and development of Washington

Author: H. Paul Caemmerer

Release date: January 18, 2023 [eBook #69827]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

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

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THE HEART OF THE NATION’S CAPITAL

75TH CONGRESS, 3D SESSION · SENATE DOCUMENT NO. 178

A MANUAL ON THE
ORIGIN AND
DEVELOPMENT OF
WASHINGTON

By H. PAUL CAEMMERER, Ph. D.

“The City of Washington—the central star of the constellation
which enlightens the whole world.”

General Lafayette, as Guest of the Nation, October 12, 1824.

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1939