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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
The figures on the border show the numbers of the milestones marking the boundary and their 
distances apart in feet. One mile equals 5,280 feet. 
A = Capitol stone.—South of the White House and west of the south end of the old Capitol. Un- 
dressed and unmarked sandstone, abont 4 feet high, set in 1804, now gone and site unmarked. 
B = Jefferson stone.—South of center of White House and west of center of Capitol. A ‘‘freestone 
obelisk,” set in 1804, 175 feet 844 inches north of the Capitol stone; said to be now used as a hitching 
post at the Reform school. Site now marked by a granite post flush with sod in the Monument lot. 
C = Center of the original District of Columbia.—It is near the corner of Seventeenth and C streets, 
being 1,305 feet north and 1,579 feet west of the Washington monument. 
D = Stake at intersection of “ Sixteenth and northern edge of north I street *»—Set in 1804. Whether still 
in place is not known. 
Meridian Hill—“A freestone obelisk,’ set in 1804, ‘to mark the initial meridian for longitudes in 
the United States.” Stone gone and site unmarked. Stone said to be in use asa carriage step at 
Fourteenth and R streets; also said to be in use as a hitehing post at the Reform school. 
