James Madison Papers

Presidential Proclamation, 1 January 1813 (Abstract)

§ Presidential Proclamation

1 January 1813. Revises building terms and conditions for the city of Washington. Suspends the first and third articles of the 17 Oct. 1791 building regulations until 1 Jan. 1814.1 Adds an exception that “no wooden covering more than three hundred twenty square feet, or higher than twelve feet from the sill to the eve [sic] shall be erected, nor shall any such house be placed within twenty four feet of a brick or stone house.”

Ms (DLC: Commissioners of the District of Columbia Collection, 1791–1869); photocopies of Ms (DLC: U.S. Executive File; DNA: RG 42, Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, entry 4). Ms 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. Printed in the Daily National Intelligencer, 8 Jan. 1813.

1. See Presidential Proclamation, 1 Jan. 1810, PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (11 vols.; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–2020). description ends , 2:157 and n. 1.

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    Presidential Proclamation, 1 January 1813 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    “Presidential Proclamation, 1 January 1813 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0453. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 10 July 1812–7 February 1813, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jewel L. Spangler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. 545.]