3h 7min, jul 16, 1790 y - Signs the Residence Act, provided for defining of a “district of territory” to be the permanent seat of the government of the United States, not exceeding 10 miles square, on the banks of the Potomac, (Later the “District of Columbia”). Called for relocating the government to this location no later than the first Monday in December 1800
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