The Washington guide: containing an account of the District of Columbia; its capture by the British, in 1814; abstract of the general laws of the corporation ... list of the officers of the corporation ... city post office; rates of postage; and departure and arrival of stages and steamboats; judiciary; list of banks and directors, in Washington and Georgetown; diplomatic and consular agents residing in Washington; botany of the District of Columbia

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliot, William.

Contributor:

Brereton, John A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel--Guidebooks.

Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814.

Physical Description:

viii, 150 p. front., ill. ; 14 cm.

Edition:

2nd ed., with corrections and additions

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : S.A. Elliot, 1830.

Notes:

Compiler's name appears on verso of t.-p.

"Account of the capture of the city of Washington, by the British ... published in 1816, by an anonimous writer, signed Spectator [John Armstrong?]": p. 26-51.

"Botany of the District of Columbia [by J. A. Brereton]": p. 123-138.

OCLC:

31037654