Scope and Contents The National Hotel Collection consists of five large register books listing the guests at the National Hotel in Washington, D.C. from 1851 to 1854. The hotel was the first hotel in the nation's capital approximating the size of a modern hotel. It was located at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street.The registers are in chronological order. The register entries list the names of the guests, the days they stayed, and their room numbers. The signature of each guest is...

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Various 19th century British letters, scrapbooks and photograph albums, collected by Prof. John Hirsh.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Nidiffer Collection consists of 741 documents, about 600 of which are deeds, all concerning transactions in Washington City and County and Georgetown, all in the District of Columbia between 1817 and 1886. The documents are arranged chronologically one to a folder in 8 boxes.* * * * * * *The Nidiffer Collection contains an interesting documentary account of personal and family business transactions in the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. About 600...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Nidiffer Collection consists of 741 documents, about 600 of which are deeds, all concerning transactions in Washington City and County and Georgetown, all in the District of Columbia between 1817 and 1886. The documents are arranged chronologically one to a folder in 8 boxes.* * * * * * *The Nidiffer Collection contains an interesting documentary account of personal and family business transactions in the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. About 600...

Scope and Contents 1. "Chart of the World showing the track of the U.S. Steam Frigates Mississippi, Susquehanna and Powhatan as flagships of the Japan Squadron under command of Commodore M. C. Perry, U.S.N., 1853-1854" 2. "Endermo Harbor, Island of Jesso surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Acting Master C. A. Stevens and Medshipman R. L. May of the U.S.S. Southampton, J. J. Boyle, Lieut. Com., 1854" 3. "The Harbor of Hakodadi, Yesso Id. Japan. Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry, U.S.N....

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Frank Kurt Cylke Collection contains materials concerning the life and works of Arthur Ransome, the noted English author of children's adventure stories. The collection includes printed materials about Ransome and a few letters from Cylke about his personal collection of Ransome items. The documents date between 2000 and 2005. The collection is preserved in one box (0.25 linear feet).The Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections also houses...

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Letter from Carroll to Richard Caton regarding the possible reunion of Charles Carroll, Jr. and his wife Harriet Chew after a period of separation (1815).