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District of Columbia history began in 1790 when
Congress directed selection of a new capital
site, 100 sq mi, along the Potomac. When the
site was determined, it included 30.75 sq mi on
the Virginia
side of the river. In 1846, however, Congress
returned that area to Virginia, leaving the
68.25 sq mi ceded by
Maryland
in 1788. The seat of government was transferred
from
Philadelphia to Washington on Dec. 1, 1800,
and
President John Adams became the first
resident in the
White House.
The city was planned and partly laid out by Maj.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer. This
work was perfected and completed by Maj. Andrew
Ellicott and
Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man who
was an astronomer and mathematician.
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