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1870 Secrets of Washington DC United States President Capital White House Grant

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1870 Secrets of Washington DC United States President Capital White House Grant

John Elliss â€œSights and Secrets of the National Capital” is a fine, 19th-century sight-seeing guide to Washington D.C. This book contains thorough descriptions of iconic locations throughout the city as well as impressive illustrations depicting city life, factories, and government officials. Other important contents include:

Congress and congressional lobbyists

Offices of the president and vice president

House of Representatives, Downings Restaurant

The Capital Building

Notes on the lives of the Presidents

Famous correspondence

The White House

Etiquette, expectations, ladies parlor

Departments of Treasury and State, War.

US Patent Office

Smithsonian Institute and museums

Item number: #30429

Price: $499

ELLIS, John

The sights and secrets of the national capital: a work descriptive of Washington City and all its various phases

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: H. H. Bancroft, 1870.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xix, [1], 21-512

18 plates

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Green cloth

Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)

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