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Excerpt from Washington: Illustrated
HE city OF washington is 14 miles in circumference, and covers an area of 9% square miles. Its broad streets and avenues comprise acres, spa cious government parks 541 acres, and building sites acres. It was created a municipality in 1801. In 1871 that was superseded by a territorial form, with a governor and legislature. This proving expensive, was abolished in 1874, and a government of three Commissioners substituted. Congress has the supreme control, and for administrative purposes its authority is exercised by special statutory provisions. The city is divided into four quarters, formed by a north and south and east and west lines passing through the centre of the Capitol. The finest quarter of the city is the northwestern. Here are the Executive Mansion and all the executive buildings, the most beautiful squares, fashionable residences, and principal business establishments. The population of the city in 1880 was Georgetown Remainder of the District Total; The District In 1870 the citv contained inhabitants.
Lark mills' equestrian statue of general andrew jackson has a fine site in Lafayette Square, north of the Executive Mansion. Lt grew out of the admiration of the friends of the subject, who organized as the jackson Monument Association, which raised In 1848 - 50 Congress con tributed guns captured by the general, and in 1852 a money donation of was added. The total cost was The statue is heroic, weighs 15 tons, and was unveiled January 8. 1853, the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, the subject's greatest victory.
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