UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1939
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 280
Submitted by Mr. Hayden
In the Senate of the United States,
April 20 (calendar day, May 18), 1938.
Resolved, That the manuscript entitled “A Manual of the Plan of Washington,” prepared by H. P. Caemmerer, be printed in such style and manner as may be directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, as a Senate Document.
Attest:
Edwin A. Halsey,
Secretary.
PREFACE
This Manual on the Origin and Development of Washington is published for the use of students, particularly in high schools, desiring to make a study of the National Capital a part of their course in civics.
The 25 chapters composing the book are of such interest and importance that an hour a week may profitably be devoted to each, but the chapters on public buildings and monuments require each two or three periods for effective presentation. In this manner the Manual may serve as a textbook for a year’s work; it will also be found helpful by the general reader interested in Washington.