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Congress Embark'd on Board the Ship Constitution 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 to Philadelphia. A three-maste...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania medium graphics collection (#V64) |
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| Date: | 1790 |
| Call Number: | Bb 612 C76 |
| Format: | Electronic |
| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12282 |
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