United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital)

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former legislative building historic government building seat of the United States Congress

The United States Capitol in New York, used during the city’s brief tenure as the nation’s temporary capital in the late 18th century, served as the meeting place for the U.S. Congress and key federal departments under the new Constitution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former legislative building ⓘ historic government building ⓘ seat of the United States Congress ⓘ
architecturalStyle	18th-century American civic architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDocument	United States Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	establishment of the first federal departments ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	United States Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of War NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithOffice	Chief Justice of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1790 ⓘ
followedBy	United States Capitol (Philadelphia) as temporary capital NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentFunction	executive offices location ⓘ legislative ⓘ
heritageStatus	site associated with the founding era of the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early United States federal period ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
politicalSignificance	first permanent seat of the United States Congress under the Constitution ⓘ symbol of the new federal government ⓘ
precededBy	meeting places of the Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
significantEvent	adoption of the Bill of Rights by Congress ⓘ first meeting of the United States Congress under the Constitution ⓘ inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States ⓘ
startTime	1789 ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf	federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	meeting place of the United States Congress ⓘ seat of the federal government of the United States ⓘ temporary United States Capitol ⓘ
usedBy	First United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Second United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ early federal departments of the United States ⓘ
usedFor	federal legislative sessions ⓘ implementation of the United States Constitution ⓘ joint sessions of Congress ⓘ

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Department of Foreign Affairs → locatedIn → United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital) ⓘ