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Our Capitol City Outing and Local Letters 1896
A lengthy 1896 reminiscence outlines Washington sights including dining and library rooms, a theater project costing $100,000, and the Soldiers' Cemetery with General Logan buried nearby. It notes churches Calvary Baptist and Metropolitan A L E, Douglass’s funeral, and reflections from ex Governor Wm A Newell with letters from New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eprtor
Washington, D.C
Atreat
N. W
Franklin Square
Treasury Building
War and Navy Departments
White House
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington Monument
Talmage
Congregational Church
Tenth
Retreats
M. Newman
D.D
Botanical Garden
Capitol
Congress
Yard
Washington Marine Band
Congressional Library
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Tresaury
Eilher
Alao
Agricultural Department
Swithsooian Institute
National Museum
Esch
Pension
Brink
Ford
President Lincoln
10Th Street
N'W
Lincoln
Woodley
Cleveland
Jefferson Davia
Houses of Congress
Supreme Court
Litchfield
Thorndey
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Old Episcopal Church
Washington and Lee
Washington
King and Pitt Streete
Col. Ellaworth
Postoffice Department
Taureum
Mall
Royuiry
Seare
Rocky Mountains
Patent Office
Arlington
Georgetown
R E Leo
House of Representatives
B. F. Howell
Fishery Department
Potomac
Yabbo
Scott
Arthur
Trenton
Menna
Logan
Rock Creek
Calvary Bapt Ast
8Th
H Streete
Metropolitan A .l. E
Frederick Douglass
Capitol City
Jons G. Grover