Download or read book A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia written by David Bailie Warden and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Georgetown University in the District of Columbia 1789 1907 written by James Stanislaus Easby-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The District of Columbia written by Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Sketch of the Natural History of the District of Columbia Together with an Indexed Ed of the U S Geological Survey s 1917 Map of Washington and Vicinity written by Waldo Lee McAtee and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Sketch of the Natural History of the District of Columbia Together with an Indexed Edition of the U S Geological Survey s 1917 Map of Washington and Vicinity written by Waldo Lee McAtee and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Records of the Columbia Historical Society Washington D C written by Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Slave Ship to Harvard written by James H. Johnston and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part historical narrative, part genealogical detective work,” this is the true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations (Library Journal). Using diaries, court records, legal documents, books, paintings, photographs, and oral histories, From Slave Ship to Harvard traces a family—from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the Civil War to Harvard and finally today—forming a unique narrative of black struggle and achievement. Yarrow Mamout was an educated Muslim from Guinea, brought to Maryland on the slave ship Elijah. When he gained his freedom forty-four years later, he’d become so well known in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC, that he attracted the attention of the eminent portrait painter Charles Willson Peale, who captured Yarrow’s visage in the painting on the cover of this book. Yarrow’s immediate relatives—his sister, niece, wife, and son—were notable in their own right. His son married into the neighboring Turner family, and the farm community in western Maryland called Yarrowsburg was named for Yarrow Mamout’s daughter-in-law, Mary “Polly” Turner Yarrow. The Turner line ultimately produced Robert Turner Ford, who graduated from Harvard University in 1927. Just as Peale painted the portrait of Yarrow, James H. Johnston’s new book puts a face on slavery and paints the history of race in Maryland, where relationships between blacks and whites were far more complex than many realize. As this one family’s experience shows, individuals of both races repeatedly stepped forward to lessen divisions, and to move America toward the diverse society of today.
Download or read book From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands written by J. Kent Minichiello and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-01-20 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From John Smith to Tom Horton—a collection of nature writing about the mid-Atlantic region From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands offers the first collection of nature writing to focus specifically on the attractions of the central Atlantic region. The selections draw on all the outdoor experiences that have brought people closer to the land: exploration, science, travel, country life, conservation, hunting, fishing. Here are Walt Whitman's musings on bird migrations at midnight; John Lederer's account of the first recorded expedition, with native guides, to the summit of the Blue Ridge mountains; Pendleton Kennedy's reflections on a nineteenth-century fishing trip to Blackwater River; and Tom Horton on serious dangers the Potomac continues to face. From the awe and wonder of the first explorers to cries for conservation from contemporary writers, From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands gathers examples of our changing views of the natural world and the values we place upon it.
Download or read book Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences written by Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its Directory issued as the Sept. no., 1926-67.
Download or read book George Hadfield Architect of the Federal City written by Julia King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his lifetime, the work of architect George Hadfield (1763-1826) was highly regarded, both in England and the United States. Since his death, however, Hadfield's contributions to architecture have slowly faded from view, and few of his buildings survive. In order to reassess Hadfield's career and work, this book draws upon a wide selection of written and visual sources to reconstruct his life and legacy. After a general introduction, the book begins with an outline of Hadfield's early years and moves on to look in detail at the extant major buildings in Washington, D.C. that he worked on: the Capitol, Arlington House and Old City Hall. Hadfield's contributions to the Capitol and other Federal buildings are fully researched and assessed for the first time and Arlington House is set in context and shown to have been much more influential than has been appreciated hitherto. New material is presented on City Hall, which is another major and unjustly neglected contribution to the architecture of Washington. The complicated interlocking circles of his family and friends, his fellow architects, and his patrons and clients, including the transatlantic connections, are also explored, revealing much about the course of his career and American architecture in general. Subsequent chapters and the Catalogue explore the other projects that Hadfield was involved with, ranging from office buildings, jails, theatres, factories and banks to a mausoleum and monuments. The book ends with a reassessment of Hadfield's qualities and influence, arguing that these were greater than is often acknowledged. By offering explanations as to why his work was particularly admired by contemporaries, it is concluded that Hadfield's architectural style has been influential from his own times to the present and has been disseminated throughout the United States.
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Download or read book The White House Is Burning written by Jane Sutcliffe and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British are coming. This "biography of a single day" captures the burning of the White House by the British during the War of 1812 from the viewpoint of the people who were there, including First Lady Dolley Madison, a British officer, and a nine-year-old slave. In the early hours before dawn, a cry went out that the British were advancing on Washington, D.C. America was two years into another war—The War of 1812. By nightfall on the 24th, British soldiers were setting fire to D.C., starting with the Navy Yard, then the Capitol and the White House, where First Lady Dolley Madison still kept watch. Jane Sutcliffe draws upon first-person accounts to recreate a compelling chronology of the events of August 24, 1814.
Download or read book Centennial History of the City of Washington D C written by Harvey W. Crew and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
