Philp's Washington described. A complete view of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia; with many notices, historical, topographical, and scientific, of the seat of government (1861)
New York, Rudd & Carleton; Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 178
, that whiie it involves the nation in no expense, except perhaps for printing, the fund from which its income is derived belongs to the people of the United States, in trust for special purposes ; and, with a view to the faithful discharge of that trust, the President of the United States,… … SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The building is situated on that portion of the public grounds extending westward from the capitol to the Potomac River, and known as the Mall. The style of architecture is the early Gothic, and a fine specimen of the richness of detail and ornamentation peculiar to the
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
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