Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Guide to Washington: And Its Scientific Institutions
The District was originally ten miles square its centre was very near the spot occupied by the Washington Monument, and jurisdiction was ceded to the general government by the States of Maryland and Virginia. The boundaries of the District as originally defined are shown upon the accompanying geological map. When the site was chosen Georgetown had been a thriving trading point, with extensive foreign commerce, for nearly a hundred years, and Alexandria was also a prominent settlement, but the ground occupied by the present City of Washington was for the most part unimproved.
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