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Work progressing on the construction of the Capitol and "president's house"...
Work progressing on the construction of the Capitol and "president's house"...
Item # 703224
July 28, 1798
THE SPECTATOR, New York, July 28, 1798 The front page has a nice report noting: "The public buildings in the Federal City progress with the greatest rapidity. The frame of the roof of the capitol is already in its place & a considerable part of it covered with plank...The workmanship is worthy [of] the grandeur of the building...The roof of the west end of the President's house is covered with slate...difficult to determine which of the two buildings is the most magnificent..." and more.
Page 3 has both a letter, and an Act of Congress signed in type by the President: John Adams.
Four pages, wear at the margins with some minor loss, damp stains mostly near the margins.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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