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July 10, 2002
A: FROM MENTOR GOPIKA CHANDRA, MD at UIC
The letters D.C. stands for District of Columbia. It is
called District of Columbia, because it was built on land
of the Territory of Columbia, a 10 square mile piece of land
which was part of Virginia and Maryland. It was called 'Columbia'
as named after Christopher Columbus.
July 9, 2002
A: FOM MENTORS MINI VARUGHESE (FOR BIO CLICK
HERE) AND SHARON ROSH (FOR BIO CLICK
HERE).
D.C. stands for District of Columbia
Keep reading for a response from primary historical documents.
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July 9, 2002
A: FROM MENTOR KRISTIN TAGHON. To read KRISTIN's bio click
here.
Residence Bill July 16, 1790 established a site along the
Potomac to be the Capital. It was not named until 1791.
From the Commissioners to Pierre L’Enfant:
Georgetown, September 9, 1791
"Sir:
We have agreed that the Federal district shall be called
the‘Territory of Columbia’ and the Federal city
the ‘City of
Washington.’ The title of the map will therefore be,
A Map
of the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia.
We have also agreed the streets to be named alphabetically
one way and numerically the other, the former divided into
north and south lettes, the latter into east and west
numbers,from the Capitol.
Signed
Th[omas] Johnson
D[avid] Stuart
Dan[iel] Carroll
In:
Records of the Columbia Historical Society v.35/36 p.70
[975.306/C726 Wash/Ref<]
Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital p.74. [975.3/J45
Wash/Ref]
Busey, Samuel. Pictures of Washington in the Past p.35
[975.3/B977
Wash/Ref STAX]
Noted in:
Stephenson A Plan Whol[l]y New p.43, 76
Proctor Washington Past and Present, v.1, p.48.
Green Washington p.14
Bowling The Creation of Washington, D.C. p. 225
Arnebeck Through a fiery trial. p.61-2
Tindall Standard history of the city of Washington p. 121
Name changed to District of Columbia in 1793 [Busey, p.36]
The Commissioners left no record as to how or why the names
werechosen.
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