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![The Dix-Douglas oration: argument for constitutional guarantees ... [Signed] A. P. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1, 1866.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdGhlLWRpeC1kb3VnbGFzLW9yYXRpb24tYXJndW1lbnQtZm9yLWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLWd1YXJhbnRlZXMtc2lnbmVkLWEtcC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWE3ZTQyZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/523/jpg "The Dix-Douglas oration: argument for constitutional guarantees ... [Signed] A. P. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1, 1866.")
![The Aeronautical Society of America [1914]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWFlcm9uYXV0aWNhbC1zb2NpZXR5LW9mLWFtZXJpY2EtMTkxNC0xOC02NDAuanBn/40/37/webp "The Aeronautical Society of America [1914]")
![The Dix-Douglas oration: argument for constitutional guarantees ... [Signed] A. P. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1, 1866.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdGhlLWRpeC1kb3VnbGFzLW9yYXRpb24tYXJndW1lbnQtZm9yLWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLWd1YXJhbnRlZXMtc2lnbmVkLWEtcC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTk5ZTM0MC02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "The Dix-Douglas oration: argument for constitutional guarantees ... [Signed] A. P. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1, 1866.")
![The Dix-Douglas oration: argument for constitutional guarantees ... [Signed] A. P. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1, 1866.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdGhlLWRpeC1kb3VnbGFzLW9yYXRpb24tYXJndW1lbnQtZm9yLWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLWd1YXJhbnRlZXMtc2lnbmVkLWEtcC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWFkNDI5ZS02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "The Dix-Douglas oration: argument for constitutional guarantees ... [Signed] A. P. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1, 1866.")
![First national convention, Washington, D. C. December 6-13. Convention headquarters: Madison Place ... [Washington, D. C. 1915].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZmlyc3QtbmF0aW9uYWwtY29udmVudGlvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWQtYy1kZWNlbWJlci02LTEzLWNvbnZlbnRpb24taGVhZHF1YXJ0ZXJzLTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "First national convention, Washington, D. C. December 6-13. Convention headquarters: Madison Place ... [Washington, D. C. 1915].")
![First national convention, Washington, D. C. December 6-13. Convention headquarters: Madison Place ... [Washington, D. C. 1915].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZmlyc3QtbmF0aW9uYWwtY29udmVudGlvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWQtYy1kZWNlbWJlci02LTEzLWNvbnZlbnRpb24taGVhZHF1YXJ0ZXJzLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "First national convention, Washington, D. C. December 6-13. Convention headquarters: Madison Place ... [Washington, D. C. 1915].")
![An act concerning public contracts ... April 21, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvYW4tYWN0LWNvbmNlcm5pbmctcHVibGljLWNvbnRyYWN0cy1hcHJpbC0yMS0xODA4LWFwcHJvdmVkLXRoLWplZmZlcnNvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWJlYmYzMi02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "An act concerning public contracts ... April 21, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].")
![Constitution of the United States of America.. [With] Ratification of the constitution of the United States by the convention of the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations ... In Convention, May 29, 1790 ... [Providence: Printed by Joh](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTAvMDEvMDEvY29uc3RpdHV0aW9uLW9mLXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLW9mLWFtZXJpY2Etd2l0aC1yYXRpZmljYXRpb24tb2YtdGhlLWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "Constitution of the United States of America.. [With] Ratification of the constitution of the United States by the convention of the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations ... In Convention, May 29, 1790 ... [Providence: Printed by Joh")
