1873 antique WASHINGTON D.C. HISTORY illustrated 751pgs townsend abuses beauties

Description: 1873 antique WASHINGTON D.C. HISTORY illustrated 751pgs townsend abuses beautiesSCROLL DOWN for MORE PHOTOS in DESCRIPTION Click HERE to view or search ANTIQUE.COTTAGE listings. This listing is for the hardcover, cloth over board book, 6"x9", 751 pages plus plates, additional illustrations in text.WASHINGTON, Outside and Inside. A Picture and A Narrative of the Origin, Growth, Excellences, Abuses, Beauties, and Personages of Our Governing City. by Geo. Alfred Townsend, "GATH". James Betts & Co. Hartford 1873. 1st Ed. Illustrated. Scarce. ILLUSTRATIONS-FULL PAGE. 1. Chief Justice Chase, Steel Plate Frontispiece. 2. Capitol Building, with Senate Chamber and House of Representatives Opposite 62 3. Marble Hall (Capitol Building) 4. Ladies' Reception Room 5. House oF Representatives 6. Senate Chamber 7. Lobby oF Senate 8. Dome (Inside Section) 9. Dome and Spiral Staircase in Conservatory 10. View op Conservatory No. 1 11. " " " No. 2 "12. Cabinet Chamber (White House) 13. Blue Room 14. East Room 15. Green Room 16. Red Room 17. View in Conservatory 18. Congressional Library (Central Room). 19. State, War and Navy Departments (New Building)...IllustrationsMajor L'Enfant's Resting Place — The Digges FarmHalley's Plan of the Capitol Taylor MansionDUDDINGTON HouseThe Capitol, as seen from Pennsylvania Avenue Statue of Liberty Jno. WelckerWashington's White House as it was in Philadelphia, 1790The White House Interior East RoomMount VernonFord's Theatre Soldiers' Home Smithsonian Institute Columbia Slave Pen. — Freedman's Savings Bank The Great Falls of the Potomac National Observatory, on Observatory HillTreasury Building United States Post-OfficePatent Office — South Front Willard's Hotel The Ebbitt House Marcia Burns — Van Ness Van Ness Mansion, and Davy Burns' Cottage Van Ness MausoleumMount Airy Jefferson's Home — Monticello Washington Monument Mills' Washington George Alfred Townsend (1841 – 1914), was a noted war correspondent during the American Civil War, and a later novelist. By 1868, he had become one of the most quotable Washington correspondents, working for the "Chicago Tribune," and, after 1874, for the "New York Graphic." His novels included The Entailed Hat (1884), which fictionalized a true story of a woman named Patty Cannon who kidnapped free blacks and sold them into slavery. Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera. autographCONDITION: Complete and intact. Cloth torn and fraying at ends of spine see split of spine fabric across the top, corner bumps scuffs. Front hinge cracked, some pages loosening. Exterior page edges and pages tanned with age. Other antique wear. Excellent content . See description and supersized photos. - International buyers are responsible to pay VAT or other Taxes to their countries as required.- eBAY collects and remits sales tax on behalf of several states. If you are a dealer, you can write to eBay to file a form to become tax exempt. LOC: LOC2: BOOKBOX19-TMK Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

Price: 224.95 USD

Location: Avondale, Pennsylvania

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