1Memorial from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 4 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The Memorial of the Commissioners appointed by virtue of an Act of Congress, entituled “an act for establishing the temporary and permanent Seat of the Government of the United-States” Respectfully sheweth— That on the twenty eighth of January last, the Commissioners addressed to the late President of the United-States a Representation stating such facts respecting the Business committed to...