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by Harriet Earhart Monroe

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Author
Monroe, Harriet Earhart, 1842-1927
Title
Washington, its sights and insights [1903]
Original Publication
United States: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1903.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
Subject
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
Category
Text
eBook-No.
70503
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70503
Release Date
April 8, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Washington ITS SIGHTS AND INSIGHTS
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS — I THE CITY OF WASHINGTON
  4. 4.II A GENIUS FROM FRANCE
  5. 5.III THE CAPITOL BUILDING
  6. 6.IV INTERIOR OF THE CAPITOL
  7. 7.V THE ROTUNDA
  8. 8.VI CONCERNING SOME OF THE ART AT THE CAPITOL
  9. 9.VII THE SENATE CHAMBER
  10. 10.VIII THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  11. 11.IX CONCERNING REPRESENTATIVES — THE RULES OF THE HOUSE — WHO IS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
  12. 12.X THE SUPREME COURT ROOM
  13. 13.XI INCIDENTS CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
  14. 14.XII TEACHING PATRIOTISM IN THE CAPITOL
  15. 15.XIII PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENTS
  16. 16.XIV INCIDENTS IN AND OUT OF THE DEPARTMENTS
  17. 17.XV TREASURY DEPARTMENT
  18. 18.XVI SECRET SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES
  19. 19.XVII POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT
  20. 20.XVIII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
  21. 21.XIX DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY ON PURE FOODS — DIETETICS
  22. 22.XX DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  23. 23.XXI BRANCHES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  24. 24.XXII BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
  25. 25.XXIII THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
  26. 26.XXIV THE PENSION OFFICE
  27. 27.XXV STATE, WAR, AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS — STATE DEPARTMENT — THE WAR DEPARTMENT — DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1901
  28. 28.XXVI STATE, WAR, AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS ( Continued ) — THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
  29. 29.XXVII DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
  30. 30.XXVIII THE EXECUTIVE MANSION
  31. 31.XXIX INTERESTS IN WASHINGTON WHICH CAN NOT HERE BE FULLY DESCRIBED

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