Ellis, John B. The Sights and Secrets of the Natio
Description of the city and of the Federal government in 1869. Full text (512 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints.
McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883. Behind the Scenes
Guidebook to the city, description of the Federal government, and account of the Credit Mobilier corruption scandal. Full text (518 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints.
Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and
Visitor's guidebook to the city as it was in 1876. Full text (95 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints.
Virginia Clay-Clopton, 1825-1915. A Belle of the F
Memoirs of Mrs. Virginia Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-1866. Full text. A volume in Documenting the American South, a series of electronic reprints.
Washington and Georgetown Directory, 1853
Directory of residents and businesses, including a history of the city and a visitor's guidebook. Full text (384 pages) A volume in the Making of America series of electronic reprints.
Washington Post: Washington's First Century
Series of articles on Washington in the 1800s: the early years of the new capital, the city's fall to the British in 1814, the building of the C&O Canal, the development of Anacostia, Daniel Sickles' murder of Philip Barton Key near the White House, the Capitol's slave labor, life during the Civil War, "Rebel Rose" Greenhow's spy ring, the battle for black suffrage, "Boss" Shepherd, and Mary Henderson's grand plans for developing 16th Street.
Washington, D.C., Sights Before 1850: A Select Lis
37 paintings, drawings and photographs of Washington, DC, before 1850, selected from the collections of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress Website.