Origin and Government of the District of Columbia (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Origin and Government of the District of ColumbiaIt is situated on the left or eastern bank of the Potomac River, 106 miles frem~its entrance into Chesapeake Bay and about 185 miles, via that river and bay, from the Atlantic Ocean.The center of the District, as originally established, was in longitude 7 7 O 02' west of Greenwich, in north latitude 38° and in the vicinity of Seventeenth and C streets N W., in square south of square No. 173, in the city of Washington, but, as a consequence of the retrocession to Virginia of the portion of the District derived from that State the original center point 1s now nearly on the south western border, although it 1s still approximately midway between the eastern and western extremes. It 1s feet north and 1579 feet west of the Washington Monument.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.