A View of the Federal Hall of the City of New York as it Appeared in the Year 1789 smiths astronomy and historical societies along the

and historical societies along the Atlantic

Our Memorial Picture: One Hundred Historical Men of the American Republic

California Southern arrives sun-bleached and palm-fringed — orange groves stretching toward the San Gabriels

and the document was already passing from law into legend

was being drafted in the same ink

A View of the Federal Hall of the City of New York as it Appeared in the Year 1789 smiths astronomy and historical societies along theA View of the Federal Hall of the City of New York as it Appeared in the Year 1789 an engraving of the balcony where Washington took the first oath, rendered with the stiff civic pride of a republic still learning what its own architecture should mean. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers