City of Washington: Printed and published by S.A. Elliot, Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Washigton Assembly Rooms, [1825]. 16mo. (13 cm). 64 pp. SABIN 22238. DRAKE 1521. OCLC locates four copies (American Antiquarian Society, New York State Library, George Washington, Wisconsin Historical Society). Drake adds three locations (D.C. Public, Boston Athenaeum..... More
Washington, DC: Engraved and published by D. M'Clelland, 1855. Broadside map, 16 3/4 x 20 inches, a plat map of the city of Washington, with major streets named and major public and governmental buildings represented, the whole enclosed within a narrow bold rule border. Inset map of the District of..... More
Each of the letters is franked "free," but we have been unable to discover an official position for the letter writer (possibly former Massachusetts Congressman Ezekiel Bacon, serving in Washington as First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury). The first letter recounts a misunderstanding between White and Lt. Twiggs, a fellow..... More