May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
BUILDING HOMES FOR CONGRESS THOMSON, CHARLES. Document Signed, "Cha'sThomson Sec'y," as Secretary of the Continental Congress, a Congressional resolution: "That it is expedient the Congress proceed to take measures for procuring suitable buildings to be erected for their accommodation . . . . [and] That a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand Dollars be appropriated for the payment of the expence of erecting such buildings . . . ." 1 page, small folio, with integral blank; horizontal fold through signature with minor loss, chipping along upper edge with some loss (not affecting text). (MRS) [Trenton], 20 December 1784
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By 1783, the consequences of war had forced Congress to meet in various temporary locations, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York [PA], Princeton, Annapolis, and Trenton. On October 21, 1783, Congress resolved to erect buildings at two separate locations on both the Potowmac and Delaware rivers, and on December 20, 1784, Congress appropriated funds for the buildings. The Capitol Building in Washington was not completed until 1800.