Maryland offers to cede land on the Potomac River for the new federal capital.

       [restored 10/5/2021]

Subsequent Events:

2/4/1789                    10/13/1792

Authority:

Article I, Section 8 [Clause 17]
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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 43.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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