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Washington and its romance / by Thomas Nelson Page; illustrated by Walter O. & Emily Shaw Reese.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection F197 .P13
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington (D.C.)--History.
- Washington (D.C.).
- History.
- United States--Capital and capitol.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Paper onlays (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- xxxi. pages, 1 leaf, 196 pages : color frontispiece, plates (part color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- How Washington came to be selected
- The survey
- The planning of the capital
- The great speculators
- Washington in building
- The transfer of the government. Early social life in Washington
- Washington under Jefferson's administration.
- Notes:
- Illustrated t.-p.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth with paper onlay of illustration signed "The Reeses."
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Nov 8 1928."
- OCLC:
- 1506523
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