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Columbian Centinel, 7 May 1791
This copy of the Columbian Centinel newspaper includes an article on the laying ceremony of the first boundary stone at Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 15, 1791. The stone at Jones Point marked the southern boundary of the new federal district between DC, Virginia, and Maryland. James Muir, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Alexandria, gave the dedication address reprinted with the article.
Columbian Centinel, Boston, MA, May 7, 1791 |