Show DISTRICT CT OF C COLUMBIA LUMs A 49 On J July 0 r an n act c wJ which I n pro provided for othe the lo- lo jl cation 1 of ot r the federal Capital in ina a dl district oz t territory riet exceeding i iten fl ten square mn sc quare on Potomac potomac Poto- Poto m mac b between tw e 1 the the- mouth of eastern branch and the Conola h aiu The site Ite today l known t familiar S ly hy the lyas fas as tho District bf of C Columbia JD n It it Is believed to to- tobe be b beth the th same dame site where 1 ere stood the UI fam-UI InMan village i of f Powhattan w 1 Captain John ohn Smith visited In fn 1 ors of a permanent capital capital- t j led to mans niam furious debates debate Jy after fter th the conclusion n of oI U the rev revolutionary war and final ot of tile the banks of at fV the aI Jn In the nature of f a a- a c e also Iii in de deference er nce t to the withes e G George orge Washington The first session of ot congress w held there in March 1800 Tho ThornS ThornS-I I Jefferson was then president |