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Washington, D.C., Sights Before 1850: A Select List of Images - http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/181_earl.html
37 paintings, drawings and photographs of Washington, DC, before 1850, selected from the collections of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress Website. |
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Ten years in Washington, 1874 - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=ABE2108
By Mary Clemmer. A tour of Washington sights in the 1870s, with bits of history, city life, anecdotes, and reflections from a long-time Washington resident, author and newspaper columnist. Full text (587 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints. |
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The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital, 1869 - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJA2449
By John B. Ellis. Description of the city and of the Federal government in 1869. Full text (512 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints. |
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A Belle of the Fifties - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/clay/clay.html
By Virginia Clay-Clopton. Memoirs of Mrs. Virginia Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-1866. Full text. A volume in Documenting the American South, a series of electronic reprints. |
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Washington and Georgetown Directory, 1853 - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=aFJ8697
Directory of residents and businesses, including a history of the city and a visitor's guidebook. Full text (384 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints. |
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The "Snow Riot" - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55082-2005Feb1.html
Account of racial violence in Washington in August 1835 and its aftermath. From the Washington Post. |
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Opinion on a Project for Removing the Obstructions to a Ship Navigation to Georgetown, Col. - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC06713571&id=Xl8q48WBer8C
1812 deposition and interrogation of Benjamin Latrobe, surveyor of public buildings for the United States, regarding a proposal to build wing dams on the Potomac River in order to deepen the Georgetown harbor. Digitized full text of the original 1812 edition from Google Books. |
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Behind the Scenes in Washington - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFJ8728
By James Dabney McCabe. 1873 guidebook to the city, description of the Federal government, and account of the Credit Mobilier corruption scandal. Full text (518 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints. |
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Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity, 1876 - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AAV9985
Visitor's guidebook to the city as it was in 1876. Full text (95 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints. |
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Philp's Washington Described, a Complete View of the American Capital and the District of Columbia - http://books.google.com/books?vid=0oF8CeVJb2wd3tV3&id=LX8FAAAAQAAJ
1861 guide to the city, its geography, history, government agencies, institutions and society. Digitized full text (239 pages) of the original 1861 edition from Google Books. |
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Guide to Washington and Its Scientific Institutions - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC39334134&id=bWIPAAAAIAAJ
1891 guide to the city's science-related agencies and institutions, prepared for the International Congress of Geologists. Digitized full text (64 pages) of the original 1891 edition from Google Books. |
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Guide to Washington - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02026820&id=tDG40FSASqQC
1892 guide to the city, published for the B&O Railroad. Digitized full text (50 pages) of the original 1892 edition from Google Books. |
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Keim's Illustrated Hand-Book: Washington and Its Environs - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC65986231&id=-vCFVQxKFkMC
1879 description and history of the city. Digitized full text (252 pages) of the original 1879 edition from Google Books. |
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Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to Washington and the District of Columbia - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC35904780&id=0T5iijAVWjEC
1893 guidebook to the city. Digitized full text (184 pages) of the original 1893 edition from Google Books. |
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A Picture of Washington - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC16076617&id=VtfC1aNc2VIC
By George Watterston. 1840 account of Washington landmarks, government, social life and institutions. Digitized full text (274 pages) of the original 1840 edition from Google Books. |
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Morrison's Strangers' Guide to the City of Washington, and Its Vicinity - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC03359741&id=ApQZAAAAMAAJ
1844 guide to Washington landmarks and institutions. Digitized full text (108 pages) of the 2nd edition, 1844, from Google Books. Illustrated. |
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Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, Vol. 1 - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02455456&id=iWG9SntqoyQC
By Ben Perley Poore. History, personalities, politics and events in Washington from the presidency of John Quincy Adams to James Buchanan. Digitized full text (544 pages) of the original 1886 edition from Google Books. |
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Picturesque Washington - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02088419&id=7MZ2VtF_Oj0C
By Joseph West Moore. 1884 account of Washington landmarks, government agencies, history and social life. Digitized full text of the original 1884 edition (308 pages) from Google Books. |
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The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848 - http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC43590918&id=GWINAAAAIAAJ
By Worthington G. Snethen. Description of slavery in the District of Columbia, as published by an anti-slavery society. Digitized full text of the original 1848 edition (61 pages) from Google Books. |