Moving Seat of US Government, 1790
Congress embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia. In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view of the profit opportunity which this presented for Philadelphians
Picture No
14028340
Media ID
47827000
Size
5077px x 3096px
(4.2MB)
Credit
Library of Congress / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1790
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