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[edit] Second Capital of US?

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)