MOHUN, EBBS & HOUGH, 189 BROADWAY. WASHINGTON: BLANCHARD & MOHUN.

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ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
MOHUN, EBBS & HOUGH,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

JOHN F. TROW,

PRINTER, STEREOTYPER, AND ELECTROTYPER, 50 Greene Street, New York.

THE writer of these pages had occasion, some years since, to peruse the discussions in Congress on the establishment of a Seat of Government. He afterward read a paper on the subject before the New York and Maryland Historical Societies, which was published in "Hunt's Merchant's Magazine," and went through two editions in pamphlet form. It has been so often referred to in other works on Washington that he has been induced to think a new edition in an abbreviated and more popular form would be acceptable, in connection with other articles and selections which have been published at various times in the "Knick

erbocker Magazine," and "New York Observer."

Though not a guide book, a perusal will, it is believed, add much to the interest of a visit to Washington.