Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia

, ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland ... (47 x 53 cm., folded to 27 cm.); Defenses of Washington : extract of military map of N.E. Virginia (46 x 36 cm., folded to 27 cm.); Map of the District of Columbia, 1901 (57 x 73 cm., folded to 27 cm.) "The arrangements for the celebration were made, by authority of an act of Congress, under the direction of a joint executive committee, made up of representatives of the two houses of Congress, of the governors of the states and territories, and of citizens of the District of Columbia."--p. 15 Printed according to act of Congress approved March 3, 1901. Public, 136 Appendix: 1. The coming of the white man, and the founding of the national capital. By A.R. Spofford.--2. Removal of the government to the District of Columbia in 1800. By A.R. Spofford.--3. Removal of the seat of government to Washington. By W.B. Bryan.--4. The centennial of the permanent seat of the government of the United States. By S.C. Busey.--5. Locating the capital. By Gaillard Hunt.--6. Sketch of the various forms of local government in the District of Columbia: with list of Washington city officials [1802-1898]. By W.B. Bryan.--7. Plans for treatment of that portion of the District of Columbia south of Pennsylvania Avenue and north of B Street S.W., and for a connection between Potomac and Zoological Parks.--8. Books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps and original plans of the "Centennial exhibition" in the Division of Prints, Library of Congress. Washington. Comp. by A.J. Parsons.--9. Beautifying the national capital. By W.V. Cox Bound in cloth, with gold illustration and lettering on front cover and gold lettering on spine; holograph (handwritten) inscription in ink on flyleaf: Charles F. Roberts 18