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Term: District of Columbia

Federal district coextensive with city of Washington; US was first nation to plan a capital exclusively for seat of government; originally was a 10-mile square in Maryland & Virginia, on both banks of Potomac river; Virginia reclaimed its land in 1846.

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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland
4 March 1885
Sari
19th century
(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
A Messenger from Harpagos Brings Cyrus a Letter Concealed in a Hare
about 1535-1550
(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Queen Tomyris Rejects Cyrus's Proposal of Marriage
about 1535-1550
(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Abraham Receives Rebecca
1550-1600
(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Abimelech Restores Sarah to Abraham
1550-1600
People
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Instantaneous Photo. Co.
active Washington D.C., late 19th century - early 20th century
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Elizabeth Kilgour Anderson
Washington, D.C., 1875 - 1921, Washington, D.C.
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The Phillips Collection
established Washington, D.C., 1921
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National Geographic Magazine
established Washington, D.C., 1888
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National Gallery of Art
established Washington DC, 1937
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United States, Department of Agriculture
established Washington DC, 1862