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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.
EDITED BY WILLIAM D. HALEY.
NEW YORK:
RUDD & CARLETON.
PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co. BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS, LEE & Co.
WASHINGTON: PHILP & SOLOMONS.
1861.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by
JAMES PHILP,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
BAKER & GODWIN, PRINTERS, PRINTING-HOUSE SQUARE,
NEW YORK.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS,
EDITOR'S PREFACE,
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY.
Topography. Captain John Smith's Account of Chesapeake
Bay. Geology. Hydrography. Zoology.
Climatology. Health. Progress of Population,
Botany.
CHAPTER II.
HISTORY OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
District of Columbia. City of Washington. British Capture
of Washington,
CHAPTER III.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
The Executive Mansion and the President. Department of
State. Treasury Department. Department of War.
Navy Department. Patent Office and Department of
the Interior. Post Office Department,
Page
7
8
13-42
43-69
70-120
Washington Navy Yard. United States Coast Survey. Na-
tional Observatory. The Washington National Monu-
ment. Smithsonian Institution. Washington Armory.
United States Arsenal. Penitentiary of the District of
Columbia. Military Asylum. Columbian Institution
for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. Government Hospital
for the Insane. American Colonization Society. United
States Agricultural Society. National Printing Office.
Washington Art Association. The Equestrian Statue of
Jackson. The Equestrian Statue of Washington. Wash-
ington Aqueduct,
154-195
The Code,
CHAPTER VII.
ETIQUETTE.
196-202