| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - ngton, D.C. back to Maryland, just as an area of 31 square miles that was originally ceded by Virginia was returned to that State by Federal legislation in 1847, thereby ensuring that the portion of Washington, D.C. in Virginia would have Senate and House representation. (10) In 1847, there was a desire to allow the District of Columbia land on the west side of the Potomac River that was not being
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