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1Title:  The court circles of the republic: or, The beauties and celebrities of the nation; illustrating life and society under eighteen presidents; describing the social features of the successive administrations from Washington to Grant    
 Creator:  Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877 
 Mack, R.E.Mrs
 Publication:  Hartford publishing co. [etc., etc.], Hartford, Conn,1870, c1869. 
 Call #:  F14ZJE E45C 
 Extent:  586 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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2Title:  Social life in the early republic    
 Creator:  Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth, 1845-1928 
 Publication:  J.B. Lippincott company, Philadelphia & London,1902. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F14J W55 
 Extent:  346 p. : illus., plates ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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3Title:  Life in Washington: and life here and there    
 Creator:  Windle, Mary Jane, 1825- 
 Publication:  J. P. Lippincott, Philadelphia,1859 [c1858] 
 Call #:  F14JE W7 
 Extent:  384 p. 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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4Title:  The first forty years of Washington society: portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith    
 Creator:  Smith, Margaret (Bayard), 1778-1844 
 Hunt, Gaillard, 1862-1924
 Publication:  Scribner, New York,1906. 
 Call #:  F14JE S95 
 Extent:  xii, 424 p. illus. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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5Title:  Etiquette of social life in Washington    
 Creator:  Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1825-1898 
 Publication:  J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia,1881, c1873. 
 Notes:  LA1233-003 James A. Garfield bookplate "Mrs. Garfield with compliments of Mrs. Dahlgren" 
 Call #:  LA1233-003 
 Extent:  77 p. : music ; 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Etiquette | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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6Title:  Social usages at Washington    
 Creator:  Hall, Florence Marion Howe, 1845-1922 
 Publication:  Harper & brothers, New York, London,1906. 
 Call #:  BJ1858 H176 
 Extent:  x, [1] p., 1 l., 165, [1] p. 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Etiquette -- Washington (D.C.) | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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7Title:  The diary of Elbridge Gerry, jr    
 Creator:  Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883 
 Bowers, Claude Gernade, 1879-1958
 Publication:  Brentano's, New York,[c1927] 
 Notes:  Includes an account of a journey on horseback from Massachusetts to Washington. The latter part of the diary treats of the social life of Washington during the Madison administration. 
 Call #:  E165 G379 
 Extent:  xxv, 27-222 p. front. (facsim.) pl., ports. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Description and travel | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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8Title:  White House gossip: from Andrew Johnson to Calvin Coolidge    
 Creator:  Colman, Edna M. (Edna Mary) 
 Publication:  Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, N.Y,1927. 
 Notes:  "First edition." 
 Call #:  E176.1 C716 
 Extent:  vii p., 1 Á., 431 p. front., plates, ports. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Presidents -- United States -- Biography | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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9Title:  I would live it again: memories of a vivid life    
 Creator:  Foraker, Mrs. Julia Bundy 1847-1933. 
 Publication:  Harper & brothers, New York and London,1932. 
 Notes:  "First edition." 
 Call #:  E664 F692F7 
 Extent:  ix, 351 p. front., pl., ports. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Foraker, Joseph Benson, -- 1846-1917 | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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10Title:  My studio window: sktches of the pageant of Washington life    
 Creator:  Andrews, Marietta Minnigerode, 1869-1931 
 Publication:  Dutton, New York,[c1928] 
 Notes:  "The following pages, further 'Memoirs of a poor relation', are a record of observations, impressions and contacts during thirty-two years of life in a central location in Washington."-Author's foreword. 
 Call #:  F14ZH A568 
 Extent:  xix, 450 p. : incl. plates, ports., facsims. front. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Biography | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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11Title:  The Washington sketch book: a society souvenir    
 Creator:  Hinman, Ida. 
 Publication:  Hartman & Cadick, printers, Washington, D.C,1895. 
 Notes:  Includes Supplement, 96 p. at end. 
 Call #:  F14ZH H663 
 Extent:  112, 96 p. illus. 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Biography | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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12Title:  Presidents and pies: life in Washington 1897-1919    
 Creator:  Anderson, Isabel, 1876-1948 
 Publication:  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York,1920. 
 Notes:  Reprinted in part from the National magazine. 
 Call #:  F14ZJE A546 
 Extent:  xiv p., 1 Á., 290 p., 1 Á. front., plates. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  World War, 1914-1918 -- Washington (D.C.) | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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13Title:  A belle of the fifties: memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66    
 Creator:  Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915 
 Sterling, Ada, d. 1939
 Publication:  Doubleday, Page & Company, New York,1904. 
 Call #:  F15JE C622 1904 
 Extent:  xxii, 386 p. 24 port. (part col.; incl. col. front.) 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
 
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14Title:  A belle of the fifties: memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66    
 Creator:  Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915 
 Sterling, Ada, d. 1939
 Publication:  Doubleday, Page & Co, New York,1905 [c1904] 
 Call #:  F15JE C622 1905 
 Extent:  xxii, 386 p. ports. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
 
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15Title:  The District of Columbia fire fighters' project: a case study in occupational folklife    
 Creator:  McCarl, Robert. 
 Publication:  Smithsonian Institution Press, For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O, Washington, D.C,1985. 
 Notes:  Bibliography: p. 222-241. 
 Call #:  GT5960 F523W32 
 Extent:  241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Fire fighters -- Washington (D.C.) -- Folklore | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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16Title:  The court circles of the republic, or, The beauties and celebrities of the nation: illustrating life and society under eighteen presidents, describing the social features of the successive administrations from Washington to Grant    
 Creator:  Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877 
 Mack, R. E.Mrs
 Publication:  Hartford Pub. Co, Hartford, Conn,1869. 
 Call #:  F14ZJE E45 
 Extent:  586 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs | Washington (D.C.) -- Public life
 
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17Title:  Memoirs and letters of Dolly Madison: wife of James Madison, president of the United States    
 Creator:  Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 
 Cutts, Lucia Beverly, 1851-
 Publication:  Houghton, Mifflin and company, Boston, New York,1886. 
 Call #:  E342.1 M18 
 Extent:  210 p. 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Madison, Dolley, -- 1768-1849 | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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18Title:  Our capital on the Potomac    
 Creator:  Nicolay, Helen, 1866-1954 
 Publication:  The Century Co, New York, London,[c1924] 
 Call #:  F14D N64 
 Extent:  x, 545 p. front., plates, map, plan. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Washington (D.C.) -- History | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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19Title:  Etiquette of social life in Washington    
 Creator:  Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1835-1898 
 Publication:  J.A. Wineberger], Washington, D.C,1873. 
 Call #:  Pam. D517 
 Extent:  29 [1] 5 p. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Etiquette -- Washington (D.C.) | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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20Title:  Public life in Washington: or, the moral aspects of the national capital, and the apparent tendencies of political thought and feeling in Congress and Cabinet. An addresses read on Sunday evening, May 7, 1866. to his own congregation    
 Creator:  Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882 
 Publication:  J. Miller, New York,1866. 
 Call #:  Pam. B1259 
 Extent:  26 p. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans | Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
 
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