Directory > Regional > North America > United States > Washington, DC > Society and Culture > History > 19th Century Washington and Georgetown Directory, 1853 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. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=aFJ8697 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity, 1876 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. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AAV9985 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ellis, John B. The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital, 1869 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. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJA2449 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883. Behind the Scenes in Washington, 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. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFJ8728 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Virginia Clay-Clopton, 1825-1915. A Belle of the Fifties 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. http://docsouth.unc.edu/clay/clay.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Washington Post: Washington's First Century Series of articles on Washington in the 1800s: the early years of the new capital, the city's fall to the British in 1814, the building of the C&O Canal, the development of Anacostia, Daniel Sickles' murder of Philip Barton Key near the White House, the Capitol's slave labor, life during the Civil War, "Rebel Rose" Greenhow's spy ring, the battle for black suffrage, "Boss" Shepherd, and Mary Henderson's grand plans for developing 16th Street. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/bicentennial/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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