...for layipg out this city, is from the pen of General Washington, dated on (he llth March, 1791. Ina subsequent letter of the 30th April, 1791, he calls...following appears on the records of the commissioners : — " ' The capitol is in progression — the South-east is kept vacant ; 'that cornerstone is to...

...Ina subsequent letter of the 30th April, 1791, he calls it the Federal city. The name which it novv bears, was adopted about four months afterwards, probably...following appears on the records of the commissioners : — "'The capital is in progression — the South-east is kept vacant; that cornerstone is to be...

...comprehensive genius of the President, to whom the direction of the business has been committed by Congress." The first public communication on record, in relation...of Washington," and directs him to entitle his map accordingly.f * By the retrocession of Alexandria, this stone is no longer within the limits of the...

...L'Enfant, on the pth of September, 1791, that a name had been selected for the district and the city: 'We have agreed that the federal district shall be called...Columbia," and the federal city "the City of Washington." The title of the map will therefore be "A map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia"'"...

...he called it the Federal city. The name which it now bears was adopted about four months afterward, probably without the knowledge of Washington, in a...of Washington," and directs him to entitle his map accordThe Major L'Enfant here referred to was the architect employed to lay out the city, — a * By...

...which bears the date of Georgetown, September 9, 1791, to Major L'Enfant, which informs that gentleman that they have agreed that the federal district shall be called The Territory of Columbia, (its present title,) and the federal city the city of Washington, directing him to. entitle his map...

...which bears the date of Georgetown, September 9, 1791, to Major L'Enfant, which informs that gentleman that they have agreed that the federal district shall be called The Territory of Columbia, (its present title,) and the federal city the city of Washington, directing him to entitle his map...

...bearing date September 9, 1791, they informed him that they had agreed that the Federal District should be called "The Territory of Columbia," and the Federal City, " The City of Washington," and directed him to thus designate them on his maps. No baptismal name could have been more appropriate...

...1791, they informed the architect, Major L'Enfant, that they had agreed to call the Federal district the "Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city the " city of Washington." L'Enfant was a French officer who sought service here during the Revolution. Having attracted the attention...

...the time, until September 9, 1791, when the commissioners directed that the Federal district should be called " the Territory of Columbia," and the Federal city " the City of Washington." Major L'Enfant, a French engineer, prepared the topographical plan of Washington City, under the direction...