CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. COMPILED AND PRINTED FOR THE USE OF CONGRESS

[Congress]

Verlag: Peter Force, Printer, Washington, 1841

Beschreibung

62, [6] pp, plus full-page diagram and folding diagram of Congressional chamber. Disbound, light foxing, Good+. This scarce Directory lists the "places of abode in Washington, of the members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: together with their post offices, counties and Congressional Districts." These were primarily boarding houses. For example, Congressman Millard Fillmore lived at Mrs. Pitman's on 3d Street; Senator James Buchanan lived at Mrs. Dashiell's, "on C, between 4 1/2 and 6th streets;" Senator John C, Calhoun lived at Mrs. Houston's on Capitol Hill. John Quincy Adams had his own house, on F Street between 13th and 14th. Members are also listed by each Committee to which they have been assigned; and in an alphabetical list of "Boarding Houses & Messes." OCLC 1315582060 [1- Georgetown] as of December 2023. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 39745

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Titel: CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY FOR THE SECOND ...

Verlag: Peter Force, Printer, Washington

Erscheinungsdatum: 1841