2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
On December 1, 1800, the federal capital is transferred from Philadelphia to the site on the Potomac River now called the City of Washington, in the territory of Columbia. Copy of a letter by Dwight Foster, 1p. quarto, City of Washington, April 10, 1802, addressed to Paul Tearing, and reads in part: “...Mr. William Howe was one of the Nova Scotia Refugees for whose use you made claim of the locations in his name...He is desirious to sell if advantageous...” Fine.
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