The early days of Washington, D.C.

"The prices paid for the ordinary lots averaged from fifty to seventy-five dollars per acre. Capitol Hill was expected to bring the highest figures, but the principal owner kept his terms so high that purchasers were driven in the opposite direction. The owner of the land along Pennsylvania Avenue wisely presented lots to all who would build on them and thus population and business centred there."

The City of Washington, Its Origin and Administration

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