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![[Broadside]: Hat Manufactory. William H. Hamer respectfully informs..., that he has commenced the hatting business, ... Washington City, Dec. 17, 1810](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MTAvMDEvMDEvYnJvYWRzaWRlLWhhdC1tYW51ZmFjdG9yeS13aWxsaWFtLWgtaGFtZXItcmVzcGVjdGZ1bGx5LWluZm9ybXMtdGhhdC1oZS1oYXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/215/jpg "[Broadside]: Hat Manufactory. William H. Hamer respectfully informs..., that he has commenced the hatting business, ... Washington City, Dec. 17, 1810")
![Boots & shoes! Great bargains offered by E. B. Palmer & Co. No. 25. Guild Row. Boston Highlands ... W. H. Hutchinson, Printer 1820 Washington Street. [1868].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjAvYm9vdHMtYW5kLXNob2VzLWdyZWF0LWJhcmdhaW5zLW9mZmVyZWQtYnktZS1iLXBhbG1lci1hbmQtY28tbm8tMjUtZ3VpbGQtcm93LTRjYzJmYy02NDAuanBn/40/74/webp "Boots & shoes! Great bargains offered by E. B. Palmer & Co. No. 25. Guild Row. Boston Highlands ... W. H. Hutchinson, Printer 1820 Washington Street. [1868].")
![Garments made to order ... G. C. Harris & Co. 18 Washington St ... Boston Commercial printing and advertising house, [1859].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvZ2FybWVudHMtbWFkZS10by1vcmRlci1nLWMtaGFycmlzLWFuZC1jby0xOC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLXN0LWJvc3Rvbi1jb21tZXJjaWFsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Garments made to order ... G. C. Harris & Co. 18 Washington St ... Boston Commercial printing and advertising house, [1859].")
![The Miss Gillinghams' second concert ... Thursday Ev'g, January 25, 1827. Washington City, William Cooper, Jun, Printer, Ninth street, Washington City, [1827].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdGhlLW1pc3MtZ2lsbGluZ2hhbXMtc2Vjb25kLWNvbmNlcnQtdGh1cnNkYXktZXZnLWphbnVhcnktMjUtMTgyNy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTQ5MTA1My02NDAuanBn/40/75/webp "The Miss Gillinghams' second concert ... Thursday Ev'g, January 25, 1827. Washington City, William Cooper, Jun, Printer, Ninth street, Washington City, [1827].")
![City of Washington. Exhibit of buildings, &c. erected within the year 1850 ... John Sessford. January 1851. [Washington, 1851].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTEvMDEvMDEvY2l0eS1vZi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWV4aGliaXQtb2YtYnVpbGRpbmdzLWFuZGMtZXJlY3RlZC13aXRoaW4tdGhlLXllYXItMTg1MC1qb2huLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "City of Washington. Exhibit of buildings, &c. erected within the year 1850 ... John Sessford. January 1851. [Washington, 1851].")
![For mayor Michael Onley. For aldermen ... [Washington, D. C. 186-].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvZm9yLW1heW9yLW1pY2hhZWwtb25sZXktZm9yLWFsZGVybWVuLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZC1jLTE4Ni0tODFhYjVjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/78/webp "For mayor Michael Onley. For aldermen ... [Washington, D. C. 186-].")
