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Ten Years in Washington: or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield — John Shaqi

Ten Years in Washington: or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. GarfieldClemmer, Mary

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Ten Years in Washington: or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield

Name: Ten Years in Washington: or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield
Author: Clemmer, Mary

Clemmer, Mary

Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel; Washington (D.C.) -- History

1. FINE STEEL-PLATE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR,           [Frontispiece.]
  2. COLUMBIA SLAVE PEN,                              To face page   48
  3. THE FREEDMAN’S SAVINGS BANK,                                    48
  4. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE,                                          48
  5. MAJOR L’ENFANT’S RESTING PLACE,                                 48
  6. THE NATIONAL CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,                                72
     It covers more than three and a half acres. Over thirteen million
            dollars have thus far been expended in its erection.
  7. THE MARBLE ROOM—INSIDE THE CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,                  95
  8. THE SENATE CHAMBER—INSIDE THE CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,               98
  9. THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES—INSIDE THE CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,     100
 10. THE LADIES’ RECEPTION ROOM—INSIDE THE CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,      120
 11. THE CENTRAL ROOM, CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY—INSIDE THE             130
       CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,
 12. THE RED ROOM—INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—WASHINGTON,                169
 13. THE CONSERVATORY—INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—WASHINGTON,            174
 14. THE CABINET ROOM—INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—WASHINGTON,            238
 15. THE BLUE ROOM—INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—WASHINGTON,               246
 16. THE GREAT EAST ROOM—INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON,        258
 17. THE GREEN ROOM—INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—WASHINGTON,              258
 18. UNITED STATES TREASURY—WASHINGTON,                             284
 19. MAKING MONEY—THE ROOM IN THE TREASURY BUILDING WHERE THE       319
       GREENBACKS ARE PRINTED,
 20. AMONG THE GREENBACKS—THE CUTTING AND SEPARATING ROOM IN THE    322
       TREASURY BUILDING,
 21. BURNT TO ASHES—THE END OF UNCLE SAM’S GREENBACKS,              337
     The above is a graphic sketch of the destruction of the worn and
       defaced currency constantly being redeemed by the Government,
       which is here burned every day at 12 o’clock. On one occasion
       considerably more than one hundred million dollars’ worth of
       bonds and greenbacks were destroyed in this furnace, and the
       burning of from fifty to seventy-five millions at a time is a
       matter of ordinary occurrence.
 22. THE NEW MARBLE CASH-ROOM, UNITED STATES TREASURY,              340
     The most costly and magnificent room of its kind in the world.
 23. COUNTING WORN AND DEFACED GREENBACKS AND DETECTING             354
       COUNTERFEITS,
     This room is in the Redemption Bureau, Treasury-Building. Over One
       Hundred Thousand Dollars’ worth of Fractional Currency alone is
       here daily received for redemption: out of which about Three
       Hundred and Fifty Dollars’ worth of counterfeit money is
       detected, stamped, and returned.
 24. THE LOBBY OF THE SENATE—INSIDE THE CAPITOL—WASHINGTON,         382
 25. DEAD-LETTER OFFICE, U. S. GENERAL POST-OFFICE—WASHINGTON,      398
 26. THE MODEL-ROOM—PATENT OFFICE—WASHINGTON,                       438

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Ten Years in Washington: or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield

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