BEST 1801 newspaper US Congress Act makes WASHINGTON DC the FEDERAL CAPITAL CITY - $1,200 - (Oxford, MD)

Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: http://stores.ebay.com/Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) dated May 25, 1801. This newspaper contains a prominent front page headline, heraldic Federal Eagle graphic, and the complete front page printing of the 1801 Washington, DC Organic Act just passed by the US Congress establishing Washington, DC as the permanent Federal US Capital City !! This is the BEST display newspaper I have seen with the Act that organized Washington, DC as the new Federal Capital City ! In 1800, the seat of the US government was moved to the new city of Washington, DC and on February 27, 1801, the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 placed the District under the jurisdiction of Congress. The act also organized the unincorporated territory within the District into two counties: the County of Washington on the northeast bank of the Potomac, and the County of Alexandria on the southwest bank. On May 3, 1802, the City of Washington was granted a municipal government consisting of a mayor appointed by the President of the United States. The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 (officially An Act Concerning the District of Columbia) (6th Congress, 2nd Sess., ch. 15, 2 Stat. 103, enacted 1801-02-27) is an Organic Act enacted by the United States Congress in accordance with Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. It formally placed the District of Columbia under the control of the United States Congress and organized the unincorporated territory within the District into two counties: Washington County to the north and east of the Potomac River and Alexandria County to the west and south. The charters of the existing cities of Georgetown and Alexandria were left in place and no change was made to their status. The common law of both Maryland and…

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