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Washington Its Sights and Insights

Washington Its Sights and Insights

by Harriet Earhart Monroe

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Author
Monroe, Harriet Earhart, 1842-1927
Title
Washington, its sights and insights [1909]
Original Publication
New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1909.
Credits
Produced by 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.
52202
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52202
Release Date
May 31, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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