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![[Interior of Octagon House, Washington, D.C. with oval table upon which the Treaty of Ghent was signed in center of room]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvaW50ZXJpb3Itb2Ytb2N0YWdvbi1ob3VzZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLXdpdGgtb3ZhbC10YWJsZS11cG9uLXdoaWNoLXRoZS10cmVhdHktYzIzMGVmLTEwMjQuanBn/320/255/jpg "[Interior of Octagon House, Washington, D.C. with oval table upon which the Treaty of Ghent was signed in center of room]")
![[H.C. Clark residence, interior]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvaGMtY2xhcmstcmVzaWRlbmNlLWludGVyaW9yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[H.C. Clark residence, interior]")
![Octagon House, [Washington, D.C.], room in which Treaty of Ghent was signed table is orignial](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvb2N0YWdvbi1ob3VzZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLXJvb20taW4td2hpY2gtdHJlYXR5LW9mLWdoZW50LXdhcy1zaWduZWQtdGFibGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Octagon House, [Washington, D.C.], room in which Treaty of Ghent was signed table is orignial")
![[Interior of Octagon House showing circular vestibule, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvaW50ZXJpb3Itb2Ytb2N0YWdvbi1ob3VzZS1zaG93aW5nLWNpcmN1bGFyLXZlc3RpYnVsZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLThiN2Q4OS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Interior of Octagon House showing circular vestibule, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcGxhcXVlLW9uLWV4dGVyaW9yLW9mLXRoZS1vY3RhZ29uLWhvdXNlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMzBjYjc0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section thru center of reading room]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLXNlY3Rpb24tdGhydS1jZW50ZXItb2YtcmVhZGluZy1yb29tLThiMDI4MS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section thru center of reading room]")
![Octagon House, [Washington, D.C.], mantel in parlor](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvb2N0YWdvbi1ob3VzZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLW1hbnRlbC1pbi1wYXJsb3ItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "Octagon House, [Washington, D.C.], mantel in parlor")
![[Exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvZXh0ZXJpb3Itb2YtdGhlLW9jdGFnb24taG91c2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy03NjYwYjItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]")
