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The article states "It was renamed Federal Hall when it became the first Capitol of the United States under the Constitution in 1789, and was the second Capitol of the United States (after the Maryland State House) since independence and union under the Articles of Confederation."
Is this right? I thought the list was as follows:
Chronological Table of the Capitals
First Continental Congress
September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774:
Philadelphia, Carpenter’s Hall
Second Continental Congress
May 10, 1775 to December 12, 1776:
Philadelphia, State House
December 20, 1776 to February 27, 1777:
Baltimore, Henry Fite’s House
March 4, 1777 to September 18, 1777:
Philadelphia, State House
September 27, 1777 (one day):
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Court House
September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778:
York, Pennsylvania, Court House
July 2, 1778 to March 1, 1781:
Philadelphia, College Hall, then State House
Congress under the Articles of Confederation
March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783:
Philadelphia, State House
June 30, 1783 to November 4, 1783:
Princeton, New Jersey, “Prospect,” then Nassau Hall
November 26, 1783 to August 19, 1784:
Annapolis, Maryland, State House
November 1, 1784 to December 24, 1784:
Trenton, New Jersey, French Arms Tavern
January 11, 1785 to Autumn 1788:
New York, City Hall, then Fraunce's Tavern
Congress under the Constitution
March 4, 1789 to August 12, 1790:
New York, Federal Hall
December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800:
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County Building–Congress Hall
November 17, 1800:
Washington, U.S. Capitol
Source: Robert Fortenbaugh, The Nine Capitals of the United States, page 9.
See http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm
Cbmccarthy 21:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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Current building was not the country's first custom house. See United States Custom House (New York City). Vzeebjtf ( talk) 01:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
There seems to be a disagreement over revisions of the lead between me and an IP editor. My proposed lead is:
The first Federal Hall was built in 1700 on Wall Street in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It was the predecessor to the current New York City Hall, but later served as the first capitol building of the United States of America under the Constitution, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States. It was also where the United States Bill of Rights was introduced in the First Congress. The building was demolished in 1812. The currently extant Federal Hall National Memorial was built in 1842 as the United States Custom House, on the site of the old Federal Hall, and later served as a sub-Treasury building. It is now operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial commemorating the historic events that occurred there.
The other editor's proposed lead is:
Federal Hall, built in 1700 as New York's City Hall, later served as the first capitol building of the United States of America under the Constitution, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States. It was also where the United States Bill of Rights was introduced in the First Congress. The building was demolished in 1812. Federal Hall National Memorial was built in 1842 as the United States Custom House, on the site of the old Federal Hall on Wall Street, and later served as a sub-Treasury building. It is now operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial commemorating the historic events that occurred there.
The lead before yesterday was:
Federal Hall, built in 1700 on Wall Street in New York City's Financial District as the predecessor to New York City Hall, later served as the first capitol building of the United States of America under the Constitution, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States. It was also where the United States Bill of Rights was introduced in the First Congress. The building was demolished in 1812. Later, in 1842, the Federal Hall National Memorial was built as the United States Custom House, on the site of the old Federal Hall, and later served as a sub-Treasury building. It is now operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial commemorating the historic events that occurred there.
I would like feedback on which wording (or combination thereof) is optimal. Epic Genius ( talk) 19:34, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. As such, I will not correct it, as we were both reverting each other. Epic Genius ( talk) 19:51, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
The financial district did not exist in 1700. The building was City Hall. Much later it was used by the new federal govt under the Articles and the Constitution and became known as Federal Hall.I know, that's why I said "the predecessor to the current New York City Hall" and "what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City", with which we can succinctly state the point in two sentences (or one, if we can do that). Epic Genius ( talk) 20:02, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Going back to that content issue, the location is important. I should note that "New York's city hall" is much less precise than "...in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It was the predecessor to the current New York City Hall...". In some cases, wordiness is better. Epic Genius ( talk) 20:33, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
The images do not need to be that small. They can be invoked using the |upright=
parameter in the images, so I have set up the upright parameters to be 1.0, 1.15, etc. to correlate with desired image sizes on mobile devices. For an IP user, these sizes are 220px and 253px for the upright values 1.0 and 1.15, respectively. Registered users can make the size smaller or bigger, but using just |upright|
sets the default image size for an IP user to 165px, which is too small for the average reader's comfort.
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