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![The question settled. Mr. Way is eligible for the mayoralty .... [Signed] Wm. Wirt. Washington June 3, 1822.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjIvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXF1ZXN0aW9uLXNldHRsZWQtbXItd2F5LWlzLWVsaWdpYmxlLWZvci10aGUtbWF5b3JhbHR5LXNpZ25lZC13bS13aXJ0LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/528/jpg "The question settled. Mr. Way is eligible for the mayoralty .... [Signed] Wm. Wirt. Washington June 3, 1822.")
![Washington City, 5th March, 1831 Dear Sir: To do right is the first duty of a representative of the people in the Congress of the United States ... [Signed] C. Johnson.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1jaXR5LTV0aC1tYXJjaC0xODMxLWRlYXItc2lyLXRvLWRvLXJpZ2h0LWlzLXRoZS1maXJzdC1kdXR5LW9mLWEtMi02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "Washington City, 5th March, 1831 Dear Sir: To do right is the first duty of a representative of the people in the Congress of the United States ... [Signed] C. Johnson.")
![Washington City, 5th March, 1831 Dear Sir: To do right is the first duty of a representative of the people in the Congress of the United States ... [Signed] C. Johnson.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1jaXR5LTV0aC1tYXJjaC0xODMxLWRlYXItc2lyLXRvLWRvLXJpZ2h0LWlzLXRoZS1maXJzdC1kdXR5LW9mLWEtMS02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "Washington City, 5th March, 1831 Dear Sir: To do right is the first duty of a representative of the people in the Congress of the United States ... [Signed] C. Johnson.")
![To the independent voters of Washington City! You have been earnestly invoked to mingle party politics in the mayoralty election ... [Signed] An old citizen. [Washington, 5 June, 1852].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdG8tdGhlLWluZGVwZW5kZW50LXZvdGVycy1vZi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWNpdHkteW91LWhhdmUtYmVlbi1lYXJuZXN0bHktaW52b2tlZC01MzI5OTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "To the independent voters of Washington City! You have been earnestly invoked to mingle party politics in the mayoralty election ... [Signed] An old citizen. [Washington, 5 June, 1852].")
![To the voters of the third ward. You have offered to your choice, this day, for the Council a respectable man, and a consummate slanderer. Which will you choose? ... [Signed] A Voter. Monday, June 5, 1826 [Washington, D. C. 1826].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvdG8tdGhlLXZvdGVycy1vZi10aGUtdGhpcmQtd2FyZC15b3UtaGF2ZS1vZmZlcmVkLXRvLXlvdXItY2hvaWNlLXRoaXMtZGF5LWZvci0yZTAxOGYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "To the voters of the third ward. You have offered to your choice, this day, for the Council a respectable man, and a consummate slanderer. Which will you choose? ... [Signed] A Voter. Monday, June 5, 1826 [Washington, D. C. 1826].")
