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The East Room of the White House needs to be refurbished...
The East Room of the White House needs to be refurbished...
Item # 706645
December 05, 1829
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 5, 1829 Inside has an interesting article on "The East Room" of the White House, noting is is very overdue for it to be refurbished: "...it was full of cobwebs, a few old chairs, lumbering benches, broken glass...The head of a republic ought to give an example of the thriftiness & virtuous habits of the people who put him there...".
Also a report of the death of noted jurist Bushrod Washington.
Sixteen pages, 6 3/4 by 10 1/4 inches, minor light foxing, nice condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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