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- Aunt Mehitable's Winter in Washington, by Mrs. Harriet Hazleton
(Godey's, 1873-1874)
- A delightful 12-part series that follows a country woman's fictional visit to Washington, DC - where she visits with a number of the notables of the day, views the local sites and memorials, and offers quite a commentary on the fashions and home decor as it contrasts with her experience "back home in Virginia."
- The Library of Congress
(Harper's Monthly, 1873A)
- New Washington
(Harper's Monthly, 1875A)
- English Ladies at Washington, by Olive Logan (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)
- In England, thousands of ladies "are debarred by their lack of rank" from ever getting a social glimpse of the Queen - but in Washington, a lady needs no letter of introduction or friend at court to present her to the president!
- A Nation in a Nutshell
(Harper's Monthly, 1881A)
- The Proposed National Library Building
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- The beginnings of what would become the Library of Congress.
- The Capitol at Washington, by Ben Perley Poore
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Social Washington, by Henry Loomis Nelson
(Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
- The New Washington
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- A look at Washington streets and society - with pictures that look very different from the DC of today!
- The Proposed Library Building in Washington, by George Edgar Montgomery
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- A new building for the Library of Congress, with comments by the architects.
- The White House, by E.V. Smalley
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The Making of a Museum, by Ernest Ingersoll
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- The founding and development of the Smithsonian.
- Washington as a Spectacle, by F. Marion Crawford
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- The streets, architecture and people of Washington, DC.
- The Nation's Library, by William A. Coffin
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- On the newly built Library of Congress.
- Old Georgetown - a Social Panorama, by John Williamson Palmer
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- A look at social movers and shakers in 18th-century Georgetown (DC).
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