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Ten Years in Washington

by Mary Clemmer

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  1. 1Note — Contents
  2. 2Chapter I — From the Very Beginning
  3. 3Chapter II — Cross Purposes and Queer Speculations
  4. 4Chapter III — The Work Begun in Earnest
  5. 5Chapter IV — Old Washington
  6. 6Chapter V — The Capital of the Nation
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Washington of the Present Day
  8. 8Chapter VII — What Made New Washington
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Building the Capitol
  10. 10Chapter IX — Inside the Capitol
  11. 11Chapter X — Outside the Capitol
  12. 12Chapter XI — Art Treasures of the Capitol
  13. 13Chapter XII — Women With Claims
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Congressional Library
  15. 15Chapter XIV — A Visit to the New Law Library
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Heaven of Legal Ambition — The Supreme Court Room
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The “Mecca of the American”
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Capitol — Morning Sights and Scenes
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Fair Washington — A Ramble in Early Spring
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Inside the White House — Shadows of the Past
  21. 21Chapter XX — Ladies of the White House
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Wives of the Presidents — Life at the White House
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Noted Women of Washington — A Chapter of Gossip
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Scenes at the White House — Men and Women of Note
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The White House During the War
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The White House Now
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Reception Day at the White House — Glimpses of Life
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Inauguration Day at Washington
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — A Peep at an Inauguration Ball
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — The United States Treasury — Its History
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Inside the Treasury — The History of a Dollar
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Workers in the Treasury — How the Money Is Made
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The Last Days of a Dollar
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — The Great Cash-Room — The Watch-Dog of the Treasury
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Woman’s Work in the Departments — What They — Do an…
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Women’s Work in the Treasury — How Appointments Are…
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Government Official Life — How Place and Power Are Won
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — The Dead Letter Office — Its Marvels and Mysteries
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — The Department of the Interior — Uncle Sam’s Dome…
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — The Pension Bureau — How Government Pays Its Servants
  41. 41Chapter XL — Treasures and Curiosities of the Patent Office — The M…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — The Bureau of Patents — Crazy Inventors and Wonderful…
  43. 43Chapter XLII — The War Department
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — The Army Medical Museum — Its Curiosities and Wonders
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — “Old Probabilities’” Workshop — How Weather Calculat…
  46. 46Chapter XLV — The Navy Department — The United States Observatory —…
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — Inside the Government Printing Office — The Story of…
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — Inside the Smithsonian Institution — Its Treasures…
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Old Homes and Haunts of Washington — Memories of O…
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Mount Vernon — Memorial Day — Arlington
  51. 51Chapter L — The Life and Career of James A. Garfield, the Martyred…
  52. 52Chapter LI — The History of the Assassination and Death of Presiden…

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