Oct 21, 2004 - Sale 2018

Sale 2018 - Lot 466

Price Realized: $ 1,035
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(WASHINGTON, D. C.) Group of 3 early reports on the building of the federal capital. Each 8vo, disbound; some toning and foxing. Philadelphia, 1796-99

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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury . . . from the commissioners appointed under the Act, 'For establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States.' Folding table. 26 pages. 29 December 1796 Message from the President . . . Memorial from the Commissioners . . . Representing the Situation and Circumstances of the City of Washington. 14 pages. 23 February 1798 Letter from the Commissioners of the City of Washington to the President of the United States. 2 folding tables. 9 pages. Uncut and unopened. 5 December 1799.