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Lancaster's bid for the national capital

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1898
Centrical Situation will be best determined by the consideration of the following Distances, which pursue the Courses of the Roads now occupied, but may be shortened, and which we consider as accurately taken, viz:: Miles. From Lancaster to Philadelphia 66 to Wilmington 50 to Newport 47 to Head of Elk 45 to
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Responsibility
read by S. M. Sener, Esq.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
238-243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 8
Summary
This journal article contains a letter written by John Hubley, an attorney in Lancaster, PA,in 1789. It is a proposal for Lancaster to be considered as the capital of the new government. It presents details of the geography, the community , industry and what he considers to be the assets Lancaster would have as a capital. It is very detailed and gives an interesting picture of the city.
Subjects
Capitals (Cities)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Capital and capitol.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 8 (1898), p. 238-243Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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