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Congress Hall
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Congress Hall
Congress Hall
is a building near the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
that served as the seat of the
United States Congress
from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800. During Congress Hall's duration as the capitol of the United States, the country admitted three new states,
Vermont
,
Kentucky
, and
Tennessee
; ratified the
Bill of Rights
of the
United States Constitution
; and oversaw the Presidential inaugurations of both
George Washington
(his second) and
John Adams
.
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