Washington, D.C. Was a Ten-Mile Square Until 1846

Washington, D.C. Was a Ten-Mile Square Until 1846 Chapters 00:00 The Stone in the River Wall 00:40 Not Exceeding Ten Miles Square 04:14 Forty Stones 08:05 Washington City Was One Part 10:19 The Side Without the Buildings 12:35 The Act of July 9, 1846 15:10 A Vote Out Loud 18:14 The Reason in the Act 21:27 Next on the Map Sources and full image, video and music credits: https://theshortrecord.pages.dev/sour... Images and video (public domain or CC0) from: American Anti-Slavery Society; Bache, Chas. M; Daderot; Ford Motor Company (1921) / National Archives; formerly attributed to MATHEW B. BRADY; Gedney & Roberts, Gorman, A. M. (Alexander M.); George Munger; Harris & Ewing, photographer; https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1... https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1... J. Stockdale; Magnus, Charles; Marjory Collins; Mathew Benjamin Brady; Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress; National Capital Park and Planning Commission / National Archives; Reid, John, Wayland, Levi, Smith, Charles, Rollinson, William; Related names: Klugh, T, transmitter; Russell, Andrew J., photographer; Samuel Augustus Mitchell; Scan by NYPL; Smallbones; Theodore Christopher; unknown; Wikimedia Commons. Map data: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map (3DEP hillshade). Music: "Bittersweet"; "Lost Time"; "Reawakening"; "Shores of Avalon"; "The Parting"; "Water Lily" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b.... Changes: trimmed, looped, volume-adjusted and mixed under narration. Narration: AI voice.