Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 207
Hall; but to France, whose generosityhad trained so many of our architects, sculptors, and painters. to do suchthings, was the greatest triumph in the unanimity with which they had allworked and the success which crowned their labors. The building occupied by the Federal Government was one of the… … sury Department in Washington had been quite as steadily retrograding. TheCustom House, Boston; Sub-Treasury, New York; the Mint, in Philadelphia;the Treasury, Post Office, and Interior Department buildings, in Washington,have stood almost alone since the middle of the century. The few…
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