ISBN: 9781152310339

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ... new buildings just beginning to rise from the ruins of the old would be fit for use, had formed a company, had applied to Latrobe for a plan, and in five months had erected a new capitol, which they now offered to Congress. It stood on Capitol Hill, on the corner of First Street, East, and Maryland Avenue. On the fourth of July the site was a cabbage-garden. Not a brick afterward used in the structure had then been baked, every stick of timber was then on the stump, and not a piece of stone had been taken from its quarry-bed. But such had been the energy of the builders that on December fourth the rooms were almost ready for occupation. That for the Senate was on the first floor, was about twenty-five by forty-five feet, and some fifteen feet from floor to ceiling. The chamber of the House was over that of the Senate, was forty-five by seventy-seven feet, and twenty feet in the clear from floor to ceiling. Each had a gallery and plenty of committee-rooms and offices. As soon as the House had organized by electing Clay Speaker, a joint committee was appointed to examine the new building, and made so strong a report in its favor that a bill granting the President power to rent it was rushed through both Houses without an hour''s delay. Madison approved, and after a week spent in the old quarters, Congress moved into the new. Madison in his message alluded to the ending of our quarrel with Algiers, to the conclusion of a commercial convention with England, to the pacification of the Indians, to the difficulties of reducing the army to a peace establishment, and asked that provision be made for the veterans and invalids who had not been kept in the service. He reminded Congress of the state of the revenue, of the desperate condition of the Treasury, of the diso... John Bach Mcmaster, Books, History, A History Of The People Of The United States, From The Revolution To The Civil War Volume 4 Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 115231033X

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781152310339], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publ… More...

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781152310339], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 65254011, USA, 65255011, 19. Jahrhundert, 65263011, 20. Jahrhundert, 65319011, 21. Jahrhundert, 65290011, Afroamerikanisch, 65294011, Bürgerkrieg, 65311011, Kolonialzeit, 65316011, Revolution & Gründung, 65196011, Amerika, 65140011, Geschichte, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 208623031, Taschenbuch, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

ISBN: 115231033X

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781152310339], Unknown, English, English, English, Unknown, Book, Unknown, Unknown, 772198, General, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 400530011, English, 400529011, Language (feature_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books, 492564011, Paperback, 492562011, Format (binding_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books, 182018031, Regular Size, 182016031, Font Size (format_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books<