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In October, 1849, he married Ellen E., daughter of Hon. John T. Brasee, in Lan- caster, Ohio, who died in Columbus, Ohio, February 2, 1865. By that marriage he had six children: Mary, born August 29, 1850; died February 11, 1851, at Lancaster, Ohio. Sarah, born January 9, 1852; married to Harry A. Stephens, residing in Cleveland, Ohio. Frank, born January 9, 1854; resides at Columbus, Ohio. James, born Jime 6, 1857; died August 14, 1858. Darius, born May 9, 1859. Theodore, born November 18, 1862.
Theodore W. Tallmadge was married June 27, 1867, to Harriet Washington, daugh- ter of Major Andrew Parks, of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. By this second marriage Mr. Tallmadge has two children-Flora, born October 1, 1868; and Andrew, born January 16, 1870.
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ABOLITION of slavery, 283. Academies, 469, 513. Acquia Creek, 36. Adams, Henry, 526.
Adams, President John, speech of, 85. letter to Congress, 678.
Adams, President John Quincy, at the open- ing ceremonies of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 297.
advocates an observatory, 637, 638. Addison, Rev. Walter D., 542.
Advantages, Natural, of Washington, 17.
Agreement between the property owners and the Government. 95, 96. Agriculture, Department of, 675. Aldermen, Board of, established, 141. Alexandria, 91.
proposes retrocession, 144. American Anthropologist, 464. " American Congress," 64, 65. American forces defending strength of, 220. American Organ, The, 456. American University, 511. " Americanism," 154. Anacostia, or Eastern Branch, 33. Anderson, Alexander D., 527. Anthropological Society, 715. Aqueduct, Washington, 165. Architects, 527. of the Capitol, 527, 661. Arlington Cemetery, 700. Armistead, Dr. Peter, 611. Art Gallery, Corcoran, 529. Assassination, of President Lincoln, 279. of President Garfield, 743. " Assize of bread," 139. Associated Press, 468. Astronomical observatory, suggested, 21, 23, 637. efforts to secure, 637. constructed, 641.
Washington,
Attack on Republican headquarters, 241. Attorneys, prominent, 746, 757. Avenues and streets, improvement of, 190. length of, 201.
BACON, Nathaniel, 62. Baird, Professor Spencer F., 521, 635, 636. Bakery, army, 259.
Balch, Rev. Stephen B., 560. Balloon, value of, in war demonstrated, 257. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, history of, 318. completion of, 329. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, 331. Bancroft, George, 522. History referred to, 3, 34.
Bank of the United States, 353, 361. branch in Washington, 353, 363.
Banking, History of, 351.
Banks, established, 351. extension of charters, 378, 380. national, 389. private, 404.
Bannecker, Benjamin, 121.
Baptist churches, 575. First Church, 575.
Second Church, 577. E Street Church, 578. Fifth Church, 578.
Calvary Church, 578. Gay Street Church, 579. other Baptist churches, 579.
Bar, history of the, 716.
Barney, Commodore, 213, 214, 225. Barron, Commodore, tried by court-martial, 204. Battle of Bladensburg, 218. Battle of Bull Run, first, 258. second, 263. Battle of Gettysburg, 268. Battle of Monocacy, 273. Battle of Monterey, 234. Battle of New Orleans, 229. -
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Battle of South Mountain, 265. Battle of St. Leonard's, 213.
Beall, Thomas, 99. Bebb, Ex-Governor, of Ohio, speech of, 267. Bell, Alexander Graham, 522. Bench and Bar, 716. Berret, Mayor James G., 154. arrest of, 155.
Bible Society, 713. Billings, Dr. John Shaw, 522.
Bingham, Chief Justice Edward F., 730.
Biological Society, 715.
Bladensburg, battle of, 218. discussion of battle, 222.
Blake, Dr. James H., 140, 142.
Board of Aldermen, 141. Board of Common Council, 141.
Board of Education, 493.
Board of Health, 158, 592.
Board of Public Works, 157, 158, 197.
Board of Trade, 417, 418. of Georgetown, 417. Bookstores, 406, 411. Botanic Club, 50.
Botanical Society, 50.
Botany of the District, 50.
Boundary line of the District, 127.
Bowditch, Dr., mentioned, 24.
Boyd, Washington, 135.
Boynton, General H. V., 522.
Boynton, Rev. Charles B., 571.
Bozman, Mr., quoted, 58.
Bradley, Joseph H., 750. Bradley, Justice Andrew C., 734.
Bread, regulations for making, 409.
Breckenridge, Rev. John, 561.
Breckinridge, llon. John C., 240.
Brent, Robert, first Mayor of Washington, 133, 135.
Brent, William L., 748. Bricks, size of, regnlated, 135, 138. Bridges, 333. British, aggression of, 202. forces on the Potomac, 215. strength of, 221. capture Washington, 220. condnet of, in Washington, 226. Britton, Alexander T., 401. Buchanan, President James, protest of, 169. Building statistics, 186, 193. Buildings, Government, 658. early plans for erection of, 115. Bulfinch, Charles, 117, 528. Bull Run, first battle of, 258. second battle of, 263.
Burch, Rev. Thomas, 552.
Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, 523. Burning of the Capitol and other buildings by the British, 220. Burns, David, 105, 110.
Burns, Marcia, 109. Busey, Dr. Samuel C., 525.
Business colleges, 515. Butler, General B. F., arrives in Washing- ton, 254.
CALHOUN, John C., prediction of, as to seces- sion, 239. on the National Bank, 363. Calls for troops, 247, 269. 270. Canals, 287.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 289. Alexandria Canal, 303. Washington Canal, 317. Capital, location of, 17. importance of, 64. selection of site for, 87. plan of, 101, 180. Capitol, the, 658. plans advertised for, 115, 658. plans submitted for, 659. corner stone laid, 660. architects of, 661. burning of, 220, 662. reconstruction of, 663. extension of, 664. cost of, 669.
Carlisle, James M., 750. Carroll, Daniel, of Duddington, 88, 93, 108. difficulty with, 132. Carroll Manor, 109. Carrollsburgh, 95, 109.
Cartter, Chief Justice David K., 268, 729. Catholic churches, see "Roman Catholic churches." Catholic University of America, 511. Cemeteries, 696.
Census, 1804, 137. 1807, 140. 1810, 141. 1850-1890, 194. Census of trades, 1803, 408.
Center stone of the District, 28. Cession of territory, by Maryland, 77, 122. by Virginia, 77, 123. ratified by Maryland, 97. Channing, Rev. William Henry, 586. Charitable institutions, 618. Charter of the city first granted, 133. amended, 141.
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new, 1820, 142, 188. first officers under new, 143. Chase, Hon. Salmon P., 266. Chemical Society, 715. Chesapeake, capture of the, 203, 204.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, history of, 288. commencement of work upon, 297. stock of the cities of the District in, 290, 295. finances of, 307. cost of, to 1844, 314.
Chimney sweeping, 139. Chipman, Hon. Norton P., 157. Cholera epidemic of 1832, 593. Christian churches, 587.
Vermont Avenue Church, 587. Garfield Memorial Church, 587. Church History, 534. Church of the Holy City, 588. Churches used as hospitals, 267. Circuit Court, 717. City Council established, 103. City Hall, 191, 670. Claims, against the Government, 754. Court of, 755.
Clark, William E., 397.
Clark, Edward, 528. Clarke, Daniel B., 391. Clemmer, Mrs. Mary, 521. Climate of Washington, 29.
Cluss, Adolph, 528. Coal, price of, 411.
Colleges and universities, 501.
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 513. Columbian College, 505. Columbian Exposition, inception of, and effort to secure it for Washington, 420. Columbian University, 507. Commerce, extent of, 411.
Commercial company, A, 408. Commissioners, appointed to select the Dis- triet, 87. close of their administration, 103.
Commissioners under acts of Congress of 1874 and 1878, 159. . Confiscation of rebel property, 271. decision in regard to, 270. Congregational churches, 571. First Church, 571. People's Church, 575. Tabernacle Church, 575. Lincoln Memorial, 575. other Congregational churches, 575. Congress, in Philadelphia, threatened by a mob, 66.
considers propositions for location of Cap- ital, 69, 73. convenes in Washington, 103. assumes jurisdiction over the District, 103. takes no interest in the District, 195. declares war, 207.
publication of proceedings of, 442.
Congressional Cemetery, 696. Congressional Library, 645.
destroyed, 646. reconstructed, 646. new building for, 676.
Congressional Record, 465. Conogocheagne Creek, 34. Constitutional Convention, 74.
Constitutional provision concerning the Dis- triet of Columbia, 74.
Contract between Government and land owners, 95. Conway, Rev. M. D., 586. Cook, Professor G. T., 496. Cooke, Governor Henry D., 157. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 529.
Corcoran, W. W., 185, 388, 529.
Corner stone of Capitol laid, 660.
Corner stone of the District laid, 129.
Council, City, established, 103. first election of, 134. Court of Claims, 755. Courts of the District, 717. reorganization of, 726.
Cox, Justice Walter S., 733.
Coxe, Richard S., 749. Cranch, Chief Justice William, 722. Crawford, Thomas, 692.
Criminal cases, celebrated, 735.
Criminal Court, 735. Currency, the, 365, 367, 368, 383, 384. Curtis, Mr., qnoted, 85.
DAVIDSON, James Wood, 527. Dawes, Anna Laurens, 525. Debt of the District, 194. Debts, State, assumption of, discussed, 124. Declaration of Independence, 65. Defense of the city against the British, 211. Defenses of the city in the War of the Re- bellion, 256.
Delaware River, selection of site upon, 72, 115. Delegate to Congress, 158. Delegates, House of, 157. Department buildings, 671. Dewey, Rev. Orville, 585. Dexter, Samuel, 113.
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Difficulties in founding the city, 105, 106, 107. District of Columbia, history of its origin, 64, 87. act creating, 83. boundaries of, SS, 103. peculiar character of, 716. Dome of Capitol, 665. Douglas, Stephen A., nomination for the Presidency, 240. Dow, Lorenzo, 703. Draft, of July, 1864, 269, 274. of October, 1864, 270, 276. Drainage and sewerage, 198. Drake, Charles D., 525. Dunlop, Chief Justice James, 723. Duval, Gabriel, 114.
EARLY acts of Council, 135, 136, 138, 139. Early business firms, 406.
Early, General, raid of, into Maryland, 273. Early physicians, 589.
Eastern Branch, 33.
Education, National Bureau of, 516.
Educational History, 469.
Electric Lighting Company, United States, 434.
Elevation of the city, 199.
Ellicott, Andrew, 22, 28, 90, 121. report to the commissioners, 103.
Elliot, William, 22. Ellsworth, Colonel, 255. Emancipation Proclamation, 266.
Embargo aets, 205, 206. Emery, Hon. Matthew G., 157, 394.
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of, 676.
Entomological Society, 715. Envelopes, manufacture of, 429. Episcopal churches, see " Protestant Episen- pal churches." Erening Star, 458.
Expenditures of the Government for the Distriet, 189. Exploration of the Potomac, by Captain John Smith, 56. by Washington, 286,
FAIR, A, in Washington, 409. Falls of the Potomac, 33. Federal city, 66.
two towns proposed, 71. Federal Republican, 454. Fendall, Philip R., 748. Field, Stephen J., 525. Finances, of the Nation, confusion of, 360. of the banks of the District, 369, 376, 383, 405.
Finkle, Rev. Samuel D., 580, 582. Fire company organized, 137. Fire department, 174.
Fire wards and companies established, 138, 174. Fisher, Justice George P., 731. Fisheries of the Potomac, 35. artificial propagation, 37, 38, 39.
Flora of the District, 50.
Foote, Admiral, 268.
Force, Mr., quoted, 71.
Forsyth, John. 622, 623.
Forts and batteries defending the city, 256.
Foxall, Rev. Henry, 551.
Franklin, Benjamin, and slavery, 238.
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 386. Freedmen, first vote of, 155. Freemasonry, 702. French, Rev. John W., 544.
GALES, Joseph, Jr., 443. Gantt, John M., 98, 99.
Garfield, President, assassination of, 743.
Gas Light Company, of Washington, 430. Gatch, Rev. Philip, 548.
Gazette, The Washington, 440.
Geographic Society, 715.
Geology of the District, 40. economic geology, 44. Georgetown aqueduct, 167. Georgetown College, 501. Georgetown, resolutions of citizens of, 147. address to the country, 148. incorporated, 500. schools of, 500.
Georgia, Army of, reviewed, 282, 283. Gerry, Elbridge, 81. Gettysburg, battle of, 268. Gilliss, Lieutenant, 641.
Glen Echo Chautauqua, 515.
Glenwood Cemetery, 699. Globe, 447.
publisher of Congressional debates, 44S. Glover, Charles C., 389.
Gonzaga College, 512.
Government buildings and public monu- ments, 655.
Government of the District, form of, since 1878, 159. Government offices removed to Washington, 85. Grant, General U. S., at Vicksburg, 268. before Petersburg, 273. Great Falls, 33.
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Greeley, A. W., 525. Greenleaf's Point, 33. Greenough's statue of Washington, 690. Growth and improvement of the city, 180. Gunboats on the Potomac, 263.
HACKS, fares of, 95. Hadfield, George, 116, 527. Hagner, Dr. Daniel R., 607. Hagner, Justice A. B., 733. Hagner, Peter, 113. Hall, Dr. James C., 601. Hallett, Stephen L., 115, 116, 527. Hamburgh, 95. Hamlin, Rev. Teunis S., 570. Harper's Ferry, 32. Harris, William T., 524. Harrison and Tyler demonstration, 152. Harrison, President William H., 380. Harrison, Richard, 113. Hay, John, 525. Hazen, General W. B., 283. Healthfulness of the city, 31, 591. Hebrew churches, 588. Henry, Professor Joseph, 520, 635, 636.
Herty, Thomas, 135. Hoban, James, 116, 528. Home Magazine, 462. Hospitals, 655. Hospitals during the Rebellion, 265. Houses, see " Buildings." Howard, General O. O., 283, 573. Howard University, 508. Humphreys, Justice David C., 731. Hurst, Bishop John F., 512.
IMPROVEMENT of the city, 180." stimulated by the War, 195. Incorporation of the city, 133. Indian History, 56. Inhabitants, early, 181. Insane, National Asylum for, 653. Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 239. Interior Department, see " Patent Office." Invasion of Maryland, 265. Invasion of Pennsylvania by General Lee, 268.
JACKSON, General, at New Orleans, 229. Jackson, President, his animosity to the National Bank, 366. assault upon, 735. Jackson, Richard P., 527. James, Justice Charles P., 733.
James's Creek, 92. Jefferson Stone, 28. Jefferson, Thomas, description of the Poto- mac by, 32. letter to the commissioners from, 102. quoted, 125. Johnson, Justice Thomas, 721. Johnson, Thomas, Commissioner, 88. Johnson, William Cost, quoted, 145. Johnston, Dr. William P., 603. Judges of the courts, 720. Jurisdiction of courts, 720. Justices of the District courts, 721.
KENDALL, Amos, 513. Key, Francis S., 747. Kilbourn, Hallett, 422. Kilty, Chief Justice Willian, 722. Knights of Honor, 710. Knights of Pythias, 709. Knights of the Golden Eagle, 710. Know-nothing Party, 152.
LADIES' Relief Association, 271. Lambert, William, 19. Lancaster, Joseph, 473, 488. Lancasterian School, 473. Land of the District, how disposed of, 99, 192. Langley, Professor Samuel P., 525, 635, 636. Latitude and longitude of Capitol, 18. of Observatory, 642. Latrobe, Benjamin H., 116, 528, 661. Laurie, Rev. James, 563. Lee, General Robert E., invasion of Penn- sylvania by, 268. surrender of, 278. Legislation, unfavorable, attempted, 149. Legislative Assembly, 157. L'Enfant, Major Pierre Charles, 90, 117. dismissed, 102. act for relief of, 102. character of, 102.
Lewis, John, grandnephew of General Wash- ington, killed by the British. 226.
Libraries in Washington, 517. Library of Congress, 645. new building, 676. Library of Washington, 710. Lighting of the city, 429. Lincoln, Dr. Nathan S., 608. Lincoln National Monument Association, 692.
Lincoln, President, election of, 241. arrival of, in Washington, 245. speech of, in 1862, 262. assassination of, 279.
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Lindenau, Baron, 24. Literature and Art, 519. early authors, 519. prominent authors, 520. Little Falls, 33. Location of Washington, 17.
Log cabin raised, 152. Logan, General John A., 283, 694. Longitude determined by telegraph, 467. Lotteries, 191. Lutheran churches, 580. Concordia Church, 580. St. Paul's Church, 580. Trinity Church, 581. St. John's Church, 581. Zion's Church, 581. Memorial Church, 581. other Lutheran churches, 582.
MADISON, James, quoted, 124, 125.
proclamation of, after invasion of the city, 227. Mansard roof, first in the United States, 117. Manufacturing, 422. early establishments, 422. census of, 437.
Marines, used to protect an election, 153. Markets, 138, 419. Marshall, John, 113, 694.
Maryland, offers site for Capital, 66, 67. cedes territory, 122. ratifies cession, 97. Mattingly, William F., 753. May, Henry, 752. Mayors of Washington, 133 ff.
McArthur, Justice Arthur, 732.
McClellan, General, placed in command at Washington, 264. McCormick, Rev. A. T., 541. McGee, Professor W. J., 526. geological classification, 40. economic geology of the District, 40. Mellhenny, George A., 433. McLeod, John, 471. Meade, General George G., 268, 282.
Medical History, 589. Medical societies, 616. Meigs, Captain M. C., 165. Mendenhall, Professor T. C., 27, 524. Mercantile History, 406. Mercer, Hon. Charles F., 290. Merchants' Exchange, 413, 416. Meredith, Samuel, 113. Meridian Hill, 28. Meridian of Washington, 18.
Merrick, Justice William M., 725. Methodist Episcopal churches, 538. Dunbarton Avenue Church, 548. Fourth Street Church, 550. Foundry Church, 551. Wesley Chapel, 552. Ryland Chapel, 553. Union Chapel, 553. Metropolitan Church, 553. other Methodist churches, 555.
Methodist Episcopal churches, South, 556. Mount Vernon Place Church, 556. Grace Church, 557. Mount Olivet Church, 557.
Methodist Protestant churches, 557. Congress Street Church, 557. Central Church, 557. First Church, 558. other churches, 558.
Metropolitan police force, 161.
Metropolitan Railroad, 329.
Mexican War, 229.
Military History, 202.
Military organizations, 207.
Militia of the District, 207, 208. in the War of the Rebellion, 247. since the War, 284.
Mills, Clarke, 533, 667, 691.
Mills, Robert, 164, 528.
Ministers of the Gospel, sre "Church His- tory " chapter. Monocacy, 34. battle of, 273.
Monterey, battle of, 234.
Montgomery, Justice Martin V., 734.
Monuments, Public, 677.
Mooney, James, quoted, 62. Morgan, Dr. James E., 605.
Morse, Professor S. F. B., invention of the telegraph, 465.
Morsell, Justice James L., 725.
Mount Vernon, 91.
Muir, Rev. James, address, 129. Muller, Rev. Albert A., 580.
Mullett, A. B., 529.
Municipal, 122.
Munroe, Thomas, 114.
NATIONAL Asylum for the Insane, 653. National bank, A, 353, 361.
National banks, 389. National Bureau of Education, 516. National Era, 452. attack upon, 453. National Intelligencer, 441.
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National Military Home, 649. governors of, 652. National Tribune, 463. National University, 509. Natural advantages, 17. Naval Observatory, 637. Navigation of the Potomac, 286. Navy Department, 676.
Navy Yard, 647. destroyed by the British, 227.
Neale, Rev. Francis, 534.
New Orleans, victory of, 229,
Newcomb, Professor Simon, 524.
Newman, Bishop J. P., 522, 555.
Newspaper comments on the location of the District, 67, 68, 71.
Nicolay, John George, 525. Nordhoff, Charles, 525. Norment, Samuel, 397. Nourse, Joseph, 113. Noyes, Crosby S., 459.
OAK HILL Cemetery, 698. Observatory, Naval, 637. Odd Fellows, 707. Officers of militia, 252, 260. Officers of the Government at time of re- moval, 113.
Offices of the Government removed to Wash- ington, 85. Old Capitol Building, 663. Olin, Justice Abraham B., 730. Orphan asylums, 655, 656. Orphans' Court, 718. Owings, Rev. Richard, 548.
PAINE, R. T., 25. Painters, 533. Parker, Myron M., 705. Parking Commission, 199. Parkinson, Rev. William, 575. Patent laws, 673. Patent Office, 673.
Patriotic orders, 714. Pavements, street, 201.
Payne, John Howard, tomb of, 699.
Peace, between United States and Great Britain, 229. between United States and Mexico, 235. Peace Convention, 244. Pennsylvania Avenue, improvement of, 188. Pension Office, 676. People's Church, 587. Periodicals published in Washington, 440. Permanent Capital site selected, 87.
Peter, Robert, 112. Philosophie Society, 715. Physicians, 589. early, 589. prominent, 597. Homeopathie, 614. Piatt, Don, 520. Pierce, President Franklin, breaks ground for an aqueduct, 166.
Pinckney, Mr., 74. Pioneer life, 108. Plan of the city, 101, 180. of the Capitol, 115, 658, 659.
Police Court, 735. Police department, 160, 161.
Polk, President, 231. proclaims peace, 236.
Poore, Ben : Perley, 520.
Porter, Admiral, 693.
Post office, city, 177. free mail delivery, 179.
Post Office, General, burned, 178.
Post, The Washington, 460.
Postmasters, 177, 178, 179.
Potomac, Army of, reviewed, 282.
Potomac Company, 286.
Potomac River, 32. its navigability, 34. breadth and depth of, 34. fisheries, 35. chemical analysis of water of, 173. dredging of, 415. Powell, Major J. W., 526.
Powell, Professor W. B., 496. Powers, Hiram, 666. Prentiss, Dr. Daniel W., 612.
Presbyterian churches, 559. West Street Church, Georgetown, 560.
First Church, 561. F Street Church, 563. Second Church, 563. New York Avenue Church, 563. Fourth Church, 564. Fifteenth Street Church, 565. Assembly's Church, 565.
Church of the Covenant, 569. other Presbyterian churches, 565.
Presbytery, of the District of Columbia, 559. of the Potomac, 559. of Washington City, 560. President's House, 669. location of, 23, 181. President's pew, 543, 554. Press associations, 468. Press, History of the, 440.
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Prices of commodities, 1865, 415. Private banks, 404. Private schools, 469. Proclamation, of the King, 65. of President Washington, 88. of President Madison, 227. of Emancipation, 266. Proprietors of the land, early, 108. Protestant Episcopal churches, 540.
St. Paul's Church, 540. Christ Church, 540. St. John's Church, Georgetown, 541. St. John's Church, Washington, 543. Trinity Church, 543. Church of the Epiphany, 544. Church of the Ascension, 545. Grace Church, 546. other Episcopal churches, 546. Public and Charitable Institutions, 618. Public Opinion, 465.
Public schools, 483. grading of, 495. statistics of, 496, 500. superintendents of, 496. buildings, 497.
RAILROAD communication opened to Balti- more, 327. Railroads, steam, history of, 318. street, 340. Rapine, Daniel, 140, 141.
Ratification of Presidential nominations, 240. Rebellion, the causes of the, 236.
Washington and the District in, 236. rejoicing at close of, 276. Reformed churches, 583. First Church, 583. Grace Church, 583.
Remonstrance against legislation of Con- gress, 146. Representatives, hall of, 662, 663, 664, 667. Republic, The, 462. Republican headquarters attacked, 241. Reservations, public, 201.
Residences, noted, 183. Retrocession of District territory, 144. Review of the victorious Union armies, 282.
Richards, Professor Zalmon, 496. Riley, Charles V., 524. Riley, Dr. Joshua, 600. Riot of 1857, election, 152. Rivers, Indian names for, 59. Rock Creek, 92. Rock Creek Cemetery, 699.
Roman Catholic churches, 534. Trinity Church, 534. St. Patrick's Church, 535. St. Peter's Church, 536. St. Matthew's Church, 536. St. Mary's Church, 536. St. Dominic's Church, 537. St. Aloysius' Church, 537. other Catholic churches, 538. Ross, John W., 159. Rotunda, the, 668.
SAMSON, Rev. G. W., 578. Sanitary Commission, 265. Schoolcraft, quoted, 59. Schools, 469. private, 469. for colored people, 478. publie, 483.
Scott, General Winfield, arrives in Wash- ington, 229.
Scientific societies, 715.
Seat of government, necessity of perma- nent, 64. discussion of its location, 67. act establishing the temporary and perma- nent, 83. amendment of aet, 127. Seaton, W. W., 145, 311. Secession, preparations for, 242. Secretaries under Territorial Government, 158. Senate chamber, 662, 663, 667. Sentinel, The Washington, 463. Seward, Hon. William H., attack upon, 185. Sewerage and drainage, 198.
Shepherd, Alexander R., 199. Sheridan, General P. H., 651. Sherman, General W. T., 282, 651. Shipbuilding, 427, 428. Shot factory, 207. Simmons, William, 114. Site of the city, description of, 91. Slavery, 150. the cause of the War, 236. abolished in the District, 283.
Slocum, General H. W., 283. Smith, Captain John, exploration of the Potomac by, 34. Smith, John Cotton, quoted, 93. Smith, Samuel Harrison, 119, 441. Smithson, James, will of, 619. Smithsonian Institution, 618. Societies, 702. Soldiers' Home, 649. governors of, 652.
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South Mountain, battle of, 265. Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N., 521. Specie payments, suspension of, 367, 370, 375, 381. resumption of, 375. Spofford, Ainsworth R., 520, 525, 647. Spofford, Harriet Prescott, 520. Springs, aneient, 163. St. Leonard's, battle of, 213. Stamp Act, 64. Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, 269. defense of, by President Lincoln, 262. Star Route eases, 744. State Department, 676. State, War, and Navy building, 676. Statuary Hall, 669.
Statue of Liberty, 666. Statnes, public, 690. Steamboat companies, 349. Steamship lines, early, 414, 415.
Steele, John, 114. Stoddard, Benjamin, 113. Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in National Era, 453.
Strawbridge, Rev. Robert, 548. Street railways, history of, 340. Streets and avenues, improvement of, 190. lengtli of, 201. Stuart, David, 88. Sumter, Fort, captured, 247. Sunderland, Rev. Byron, 562. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, 728. Supreme Court of the United States, 720. Surratt, John HI., trial of, 741. Survey of the District, 88, 103.
TALLMADGE, Theodore W., 757. Tayloe, Benjamin O., quoted, 183. Taylor, General Zachary, 232. Telegraph, history of the first, 465. Temperance Society, 711. Temporary form of government, 159. Tennessee, Army of, 282, 283, 694.
Territorial form of government established, 157. abolished, 159. Texas, annexation of, 230. Theosophical Society, 715. Thomas, Ammi A., 436. Thomas, General George C., 268. Thompson, John W., 356. Thornton, Dr. William, 116, 674. Thruston, Justice Buckner, 724.
Tiber Creek, 34, 92. Toner, Dr. Joseph M., 522, 609. Totton, General Joseph G., 165. Townsend, George Alfred, 520. quoted, 102. Trades and industries, number of, 438. number employed, 439. value of products, 439.
Transportation, History of, 285. Treasury Department, 671.
Treaty, of Ghent, 229. with Mexico, 235.
Troops in and around Washington in 1862, 260. Trustees of the poor, 138.
Tucker, Thomas Tudor, 113.
Turner, Abraham, Jr., 114.
Tyler, President John, 157, 230, 380, 382.
Tyng, Rev. Stephen S., 542.
UNITARIAN church-All Souls' Church, 584. United Brethren in Christ, Church of the, 583.
United Presbyterian Church, 569. United Press, 468. United States Bank, 353. United States Naval Observatory, 637.
Universalist church-Church of our Father, 584.
VACCINATION introduced, 589. Vail, Aaron, 620, 621. Van Buren, President Martin, 145, 381. Van Ness, General John P., 111. Virginia, offers one mile square for Capital, 75. cession of territory to the Government, 123. Volunteers, see " Military " chapter.
WALTER, Thomas U., 528. Walters, Rev. William, 548. War claims, 754. War Department, 676. War of 1812-15, 202. its causes, 202. war declared, 207. enlistment of troops, 207. War of the Rebellion, Washington in the, 236. enlistment of troops, 248. War with Mexico, 229. Ward, Professor Lester F., 50, 524. quoted, 511. Warden, D. B., 24, 31, 519.
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Washington and Alexandria Railroad, 332. Washington and Chesapeake Beach Railway, 333.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad, 332. Washington and Potomae Railway, 333.
Washington becomes the Capital, 64.
Washington Bible Society, 713.
Washington Botanical Society, 50.
Washington City and Point Lookout Rail- road, 333.
Washington City, name given, 101. incorporated, 103.
Washington, Kate Field's, 464.
Washington Library, 710.
Washington Monument, history of, 677.
Washington Monument Society, 681.
Washington, Mrs. Martha, letter to Presi- dent Adams, 679.
Washington, President, his connection with location of Capital, 87.
proclamation concerning boundary of the Distriet, 87.
letter to Daniel Carroll, 90.
his counsel with the property holders, 95. tour of the Southern States referred to, 99. letter to the commissioners, 104, 128, 129. lays the corner stone of the Capitol, 661, 703.
Water of Potomac, chemical analysis of the, 173.
Water supply, 163. average daily quantity of water consumed, 170, 172.
Water works, cost of, 171, 172. rents, 171.
Webb, William B., 524, 752.
Webster, Daniel, 664, 665.
Weeks, Mrs. Helen C., 520.
Weightman, Roger.C., 114, 144.
White House, 669.
erected, 669. burned, 220, 670. rebuilt, 670.
Wiget, Rev. Mr., 539.
Williams, Rev. Robert, 548. -
Wilson, Jesse B., 402.
Wilson, Professor J. Ormond, 496.
Wilson, Vice-President Henry, 652.
Winder, General, 212, 214, 216.
testimony of, as to battle of Bladensburg, 222.
Woman's Christian Association, 714. Woodbury, Levi, 372.
Wylie, Justice Andrew, 731.
YOUNG, Dr. Noble, 600. Young Men's Christian Association, 714. Young, Notley, 111. Yulee, Hon. D. L., letter of, 243.
ERRATA.
On page 73, first line of second paragraph, "1785" should be 1784. On page 92, "St. James's Creek" should be James's Creek.
On page 103, tenth line should have inserted, "to the north corner."
On page 122, in chapter heading, "Berrett" should be Berret, and elsewhere in the book.
On page 147, "Benjamin O. Taylor" should be Benjamin O. Tayloe. On page 261, in the last line of paragraph, "32" should be 38.
On page 275, in third column, "562" should be 563.
On page 295, the blank after the words "First Ward" should be filled by the name C. W. Goldsborough.
On page 405, in the last paragraph, "March 1, 1891," should be March 1, 1892. On page 465, last line, " Professor S. F. Morse " should be Professor S. F. B. Morse. On page 533, second line, blank should be filled with the name C. M. Matthews. On page 543, last word in first paragraph, "Regerter" should be Regester.
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