Download or read book The Story of Washington written by Charles Burr Todd and published by New York & London, G. P. Putnam's sons. This book was released on 1889 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of Washington the National Capital Classic Reprint written by Charles Burr Todd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Washington, the National Capital IN writing the Story of Washington, the author has had in mind both the local and general reader; for the national capital belongs not alone to its citizens, but also to the nation. On the one hand it was desirable not to burden the narrative with details of merely local interest; on the other, not to treat the subject in so general a way as to as sociate with it no local avor whatever. He has also endeavored to write in a simple and direct style that would attract youthful readers, and that would not displease those of mature years. It is common com plaint that our young people read foreign books especially English books - so exclusively, that we are in danger of becoming a race of Anglomaniacs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book Notes on Washington written by Jane W. Gemmill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Washington: Or Six Years at the National Capital I have not attempted to write a history of Wash ington in the following pages, nor to closely follow the march of events. My attention has been more particularly directed toward places and subjects of general interest, and likely to prove entertaining to those who, by reason of residing at a great distance, or from want of opportunity, are unable to visit the Capital. Of the events that occurred during my sojourn of six years, I have noted only the most remarkable. Some of these Notes were originally published in the National Repuelz'mn, of Washington City. T. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Washington Through the Stereoscope written by Rufus Rockwell Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Washington Through the Stereoscope: A Visit to Our National Capital We have, in the second place, the remarkably ingen ious patent maps, which will be found inserted in a pocket in the back of the cover, by means of which one can obtain at a glance the point and the extent of vision in each stereograph, and with them the relation of each scene to every other one and to the whole city. The con stant use of these maps is a matter of cardinal import ance, for by it we are enabled to secure in each instance as vivid a sense of location as though we stood in reality on the spot. In the third place, there is The Story of Washing ton, to be found in the first part of this book, in which effort is made to trace in a clear and entertaining way the rise of the city from a wilderness hamlet to one of the most beautiful capitals of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Presidents and the National Capital Classic Reprint written by Theodore W. Noyes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Presidents and the National Capital All the early Presidents were in touch with the cap ital community and: interested in its welfare. George Washington's personal interest in it was notable and conspicuous. The Federal city was as the apple of his eye. John Adam's's wish, suggested in the first presidential mess - age delivered in the new National Capital, that Washington had lived to see the city as the seat of government, has met and will meet the sym pathetic and assenting response of all Americans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Ten Years in Washington Life and Scenes in the National Capital written by Mary Clemmer Ames and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ten Years in Washington; Life and Scenes in the National Capital: As a Woman Sees Them Chair - His Little Speech - His Wife and Family Behind - The New President - Memories of Another Scene - The Curtain Falls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Washington Vol 1 written by Rufus Rockwell Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Washington, Vol. 1: The Capital City and Its Part in the History of the Nation The writer who undertakes to tell the story of Washington confronts a task the like of which is presented by none of its sister cities. The federal capital during its hundred years of existence has been the political centre of the republic, the birthplace of parties and legislation, the training-ground and forum of one generation after another of public men. Indeed, from its founding until the present time it has been the brain and heart of the nation. This fact has been kept constantly in mind in the writing of the present work, and, while sketching the rise of Washington from a wilderness hamlet to one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, the author has also attempted adequately to portray the political growth and development of the republic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital written by John B. Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital: A Work Descriptive of Washington City in All Its Various Phases The pet child of the Republic, Washington City, is unknown to the majority of the American people. Few have seen it, and there is no work in print describing its varied attractions and sights, or making plain that inner life which daily transpires within it, and in which the whole country is so much interested. It is the centre from which radiate those influences which make our national existence great or feeble, and the entire Republic is affected by its weal or woe. There is a growing desire manifested on all sides to know more of the Capital of the Nation, and it is the object of this volume to gratify this laudable and natural curiosity. It is believed that the picture herein presented is complete, and the author has labored faithfully to make it accurate. The Publishers, on their part, have spared no expense to render the book attractive. As a guarantee of the excellence and fidelity of the engravings of the Public Buildings, it is only necessary to mention that they were prepared in the famous establishment of Messrs. Harper & Bros. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The National Capital written by Theodore W. Noyes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The National Capital: Newspaper Articles and Speeches Concerning the City of Washington This recital of grievances would find a beginning in events which occurred previous to the city's birth. While, ordinarily, neither individuals nor municipal corporations can complain of ill-treatment at a time when they had no existence, the capital on the Potomac may perhaps be ex cused for indulging in a feeble, preliminary wail over the difficulties which it experienced in being born at all. And this privilege should be granted the more readily in View of the fact that many subsequent evils can be traced to their sources in events of the ante-natal period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Thirty Years in Washington written by Mrs. John A. Logan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty Years in Washington: Or Life and Scenes in Our National Capital In presenting this volume, in the preparation of which the utmost care has been taken, and no expense considered too great, I have endeavored to meet the demand for a story of the birth and growth of our National Capital, and for a comprehensive and interesting description of the countless and mighty interests that center there. Few citizens of the United States really appreciate the number and magnitude of the Departments of the Government, or realize how marvelously the volume of business has expanded as the population of our ever-widening domain has increased. Many otherwise well-informed people are unfamiliar with the workings of the giant activities carried on in these Departments, and much of what I have written will doubtless be a revelation to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Illustrated Dime Hand Book of the National Capital written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Dime Hand-Book of the National Capital: The Most Complete Guide to the City of Washington Ever Published The Chief Justice and his associates hold their offices for life. The term of the Police Justice is six years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Washington Vol 2 written by Rufus Rockwell Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Washington, Vol. 2: The Capital City, and Its Part in the History of the Nation Of the leaders at whose hands the Slavery ques tion was to have final and irrevocable solution. Well up on the roll of this new group of statesmen stands the name Of Stephen A. Doug las, Of Illinois, who in 1847, after four years of service in the House, took the seat in the Senate which he was to occupy until his death. He was its youngest member when he entered the Senate, a short, thick-set man Of thirty-four, with a swarthy, clean-shaven face, and eyes which, in moments Of excitement, became as large and impressive as those Of Webster. His also was a mind capable Of grasping, analyzing, and elucidating the most complex and difficult subjects, either in the science Of law or that Of government, and to these qualities he added a gift for strong and simple speech, a courageous vigor, and a manly boldness which quickly made him a leader on the floor and a foremost figure in the councils Of his party. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital written by John B Ellis and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

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Download or read book A Handbook to the National Capital Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Handbook to the National Capital The corner-stone of the District of Columbia was laid April 15, 1791, at Hunter's Point, just south of Alex andria, Va. Washington City proper is about fourteen miles in circumference. It covers acres, and con tains about nine and a half square miles. It has over two hundred and fifty miles of streets, which are from eighty to one hundred and twenty feet wide, and sixty five miles of avenues, which are from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and sixty feet wide, and over eighty per cent. Of its streets and avenues are paved. They are also swept by machinery, so that they are kept as clean as the best sidewalk. More than shade trees line its thoroughfares. To show the great growth and improvements made in the city since 1800 it is only necessary to state that when the seat of Gov ernment was transferred from Philadelphia to Washing ton ia October, 1800, the whole force of clerks employed was only fifty-four, and all of the books and papers were placed in seven small boxes and five large ones, and they were all brought over in one packet sloop. Fish were hauled in seines where the Center Market now stands, on Pennsylvania avenue, between Seventh and Ninth streets, and Washington was then facetiously called The Wilderness City but it is now one of the best governed municipalities in the United States, as well as one of the grandest and most cosmopolitan cities in the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Washington City and How to See It written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Washington City and How to See It: A Complete Pocket Guide to All Places of Interest in the National Capital and Vicinity To supply a portable, well-arranged, correct, and cheap guide to the Capital citv of the United States, has been the aim of the compiler of this little book. To indicate the objects of interest, of which there are so many in the city of Washington, and how to find them to give the facts pertaining to each so far as thev would interest the average visitor, without a statement of dry details to meet the needs of the great class of people that visit to see the sights, and who must needs spend but little time in the seeing;-to supply these wants, and not to give history, biography, or scientific information, has been the object attempted, and, it is hoped, attained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The National Capital Explained and Illustrated written by Devlin and Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The National Capital Explained and Illustrated: A Convenient Guide to All Points of Interest in the City of Washington By a liberal investment of capital a lavish Outlay of money to secure the best artistic talent in the production of our styles, and unceasing effort in obtaining the choicest fabrics, we are enabled, at all times, to display the most elegant stock in the country of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.