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![Mrs. Young, with an efficient corps of professors, will, on the 17th of September, 1855, establish at her residence No. 436 G street, a French seminary for young ladies ... [Washington, D. C. 1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvbXJzLXlvdW5nLXdpdGgtYW4tZWZmaWNpZW50LWNvcnBzLW9mLXByb2Zlc3NvcnMtd2lsbC1vbi10aGUtMTd0aC1vZi1zZXB0ZW1iZXItMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/411/jpg "Mrs. Young, with an efficient corps of professors, will, on the 17th of September, 1855, establish at her residence No. 436 G street, a French seminary for young ladies ... [Washington, D. C. 1855].")
![Mrs. Young, with an efficient corps of professors, will, on the 17th of September, 1855, establish at her residence No. 436 G street, a French seminary for young ladies ... [Washington, D. C. 1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvbXJzLXlvdW5nLXdpdGgtYW4tZWZmaWNpZW50LWNvcnBzLW9mLXByb2Zlc3NvcnMtd2lsbC1vbi10aGUtMTd0aC1vZi1zZXB0ZW1iZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Mrs. Young, with an efficient corps of professors, will, on the 17th of September, 1855, establish at her residence No. 436 G street, a French seminary for young ladies ... [Washington, D. C. 1855].")
![Mrs. Young, with an efficient corps of professors, will, on the 17th of September, 1855, establish at her residence No. 436 G street, a French seminary for young ladies ... [Washington, D. C. 1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvbXJzLXlvdW5nLXdpdGgtYW4tZWZmaWNpZW50LWNvcnBzLW9mLXByb2Zlc3NvcnMtd2lsbC1vbi10aGUtMTd0aC1vZi1zZXB0ZW1iZXItMS02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "Mrs. Young, with an efficient corps of professors, will, on the 17th of September, 1855, establish at her residence No. 436 G street, a French seminary for young ladies ... [Washington, D. C. 1855].")
![The undersigned ... will open a school for young ladies, at Nos. 159 and 161 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Monday, September 6th ... [Washington, D. C. 1858].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXVuZGVyc2lnbmVkLXdpbGwtb3Blbi1hLXNjaG9vbC1mb3IteW91bmctbGFkaWVzLWF0LW5vcy0xNTktYW5kLTE2MS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "The undersigned ... will open a school for young ladies, at Nos. 159 and 161 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Monday, September 6th ... [Washington, D. C. 1858].")
![Young ladies' classical institute. A select family boarding and day school. No. 490, E. street, between 5th and 6th streets, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C.] Henry Polkinhorn print. [1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEveW91bmctbGFkaWVzLWNsYXNzaWNhbC1pbnN0aXR1dGUtYS1zZWxlY3QtZmFtaWx5LWJvYXJkaW5nLWFuZC1kYXktc2Nob29sLW5vLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "Young ladies' classical institute. A select family boarding and day school. No. 490, E. street, between 5th and 6th streets, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C.] Henry Polkinhorn print. [1855].")
![Regular monthly meeting of the Young men's Christian association, Washington, D. C., at Lincoln Hall, in their new building, cor. 9th and D sts., Monday evening, October 18, 1869. Order of exercises. [Washington, D. C.1869].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjkvMDEvMDEvcmVndWxhci1tb250aGx5LW1lZXRpbmctb2YtdGhlLXlvdW5nLW1lbnMtY2hyaXN0aWFuLWFzc29jaWF0aW9uLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "Regular monthly meeting of the Young men's Christian association, Washington, D. C., at Lincoln Hall, in their new building, cor. 9th and D sts., Monday evening, October 18, 1869. Order of exercises. [Washington, D. C.1869].")
