On May 15, 1800, President John Adams orders the federal government to pack up and leave Philadelphia and set up shop in the nation’s new capital in Washington, D.C.
After Congress adjourned its last meeting in Philadelphia on May 15, Adams told his cabinet to make sure Congress and all federal offices were up and running smoothly in their new headquarters by June 15, 1800. Philadelphia officially ceased to serve as the nation’s capital as of June 11, 1800.
At the time, there were only about 125 federal employees. Official documents and archives were transferred from Philadelphia to the new capital by ship over inland waterways. President and Mrs. Adams did not move in to the (unfinished) president’s mansion until November of that year. Settling in to the White House was a challenge for the new first lady. In December, Abigail Adams wrote to a friend later she had to line-dry their clothes in what eventually became the East Room.
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OK o you had to poop in a bucket. Dentistry was basically medieval, and no antibiotics, and that slavery thing was pretty evil. But overall the early 1800s were better times than this.
False history (written by the ‘victors’) memory Syndrome. The present has ALWAYS been the charted course.
ABOLUTELY no reason* for ANY of the ‘duly elected public servants’ to be in washington, especially with all the tech available. They should be in close proximity to their constituents…More of a hands-on type arrangement.
*If a ‘Giant Meteor is detected and d.c. is in the crosshairs…Bus all state and local reps there as well.