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27: THE WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD
 WATCH NOW : William Seale introduces "The White House Neighborhood"
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Making Religion Fashionable: Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Saint John’s Church, Patrick Snadon
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The Corcoran Mansion: House of Feasts, Keith D. MacKay
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Volkmar Kurt Wentzel and His Portrayal of Washington by Night, Bruce White
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The President’s Park (Give or Take a Few Acres), Lucinda Prout Janke
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"A Communication Between These Offices": Designing the Executive Office Buildings, 1791–1800, Pamela Scott
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Good Neighbors: FDR, Major Gist, and Blair House, Candace Shireman |
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25: LIFE IN THE LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE: PART II
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The Other White House, William Seale
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The White House and Lincoln’s Assassination, Anthony S. Pitch
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Photographs of Indian Delegates in the President’s “Summer House,” Clifford Krainik and Michele Krainik
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24: LIFE IN THE LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE: PART I
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Tad Lincoln and His Tutor, Alexander Williamson, Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
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Music in Lincoln’s White House, Elise K. Kirk
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A Gallery of Individuals Major and Minor from Lincoln’s Time in the White House
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The Locomotive Tea Set: A Gift from France, John H.White Jr.
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23: WHITE HOUSE FLOWERS: EMBELLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S TABLE
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First Lady Edith Kermit Roosevelt's "Colonial Garden" at the White House, Mac Keith Griswold
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James Monroe's White House Plateau: "A perfect riot of festooned railings and graceful figures," Melissa Naulin
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"The Most Beautiful Things": Gifts from France in the Roosevelt White House, Amy Verone
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22: JAMES HOBAN: ARCHITECT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
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White House Irish Counterparts, Desmond Guinness
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The Second City in British Dominions: Dublin in the Later Eighteenth Century, Holger Hoock
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George Washington's Bow Window, Edward Lawler Jr.
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James Hoban: Builder of the White House, William Seale
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Four Places in Dublin, photography by Bruce White
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21: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S WHITE HOUSE
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Dwight David Eisenhower: The First Television President, Martha Joynt Kumar |
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"She's Making Maturity Glamorous": Mamie Eisenhower's White House Style, Edith Mayo |
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The Eisenhower Family Home in Abilene, Kansas, Dennis Medina |
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"Proud Housewife": Mamie Eisenhower Collects for the White House, Melissa Naulin |
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"In the Goodness of Time": Creating the Dwight David Eisenhower Room at Blair House, Candace S. Shireman |
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Discovered: An Unknown Portrait of President James K. Polk and Members of His Cabinet, Clifford Krainik |
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20: WHITE HOUSE KITCHENS & COOKING
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Kitchen Past: Thoughts on Open Hearth Cooking for the Presidents, Alice Ross |
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My White House Years, Roland Mesnier |
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Preparation of the Menu for the Prince of Wales Dinner in 2005, Cristeta Comerford |
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White House Wines, Daniel Shanks |
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Home Cooking in the White House, Barbara Haber |
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A Bit of Architectural History Comes In from the Cold, William G. Allman |
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19: PRESIDENTIAL HORSES
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Presidents as Horsemen, William B. Bushong |
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Andrew Jackson's Constitution Carriage, Marsha Mullin |
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Ten Notable Horses, Gwendolyn K. White |
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18: AWAY FROM THE GLARE: PRESIDENTIAL RETREATS
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The Private Villa Retreat of Thomas Jefferson, Travis McDonald |
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The Soldiers' Home: First Presidential Retreat, William Seale |
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The New Deal and the Catoctin Presidential Camps, Barbara Kirkconnell |
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Walker's Point: A Visit to the Maine Retreat of President George H. W. Bush, Hugh S. Sidey |
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17: THOMAS JEFFERSON'S WHITE HOUSE
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Jefferson's White House Dinner Guests, Charles T. Cullen |
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The Adena Dumbwaiters: A Glimpse into Jefferson's Executive Mansion, Stewart D. Hobbs |
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New Wine in an Old Bottle 2006: Changes Inside the White House with photography by Peter Vitale |
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16: PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITURE
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Portraits Made at the White House, William Seale |
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The Greatest Man Living, William Kloss |
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Artists' Life Studies for White House Portraits, Lydia Barker Tederick |
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Drawing Presidents: An Artist's Reflections on Catching a Lively Likeness, John Hutton |
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Conversation with a Presidential Portraitist: Simmie Knox Paints President and Mrs. Clinton, Betty C. Monkman |
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15: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS
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Taking the Oath of Office: The Capitol Connection, Donald R. Kennon |
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Afternoon Accolades: A Cultural History of White House Inaugural Reviewing Stands, James M. Goode |
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Presidential Inaugurations: Solemnities and Festivities, Paul F. Boller Jr. |
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Inaugural Balls: From Their Beginnings, Katie E. Marages |
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Inaugural Planning: Minutes from the 1960-61 Inaugural Committee |
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14: THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, PART TWO : "LEGACY"
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The Historic Guide to America's House |
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Major Publications of the White House Historical Association |
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A New Look at the John F. Kennedys and the Arts, Elise K. Kirk |
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A Small Slice of Kennedy Decor: The Queens' Sitting Room, William G. Allman |
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13: THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, PART ONE : "RECOLLECTIONS"
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Editing the First Lady: Life Magazine Goes to the White House, Hugh Sidey |
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Remembering the Glorious Kennedy Times, Letitia Baldrige |
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The Rescue and Renaissance of Lafayette Square, John Carl Warnecke |
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12: THE JAMES BUCHANAN WHITE HOUSE
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James Buchanan's White House Hostess: The Celebrated Harriet, Lane Pamela Kilian |
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The USRMCS Harriet Lane, Robert L. Anderson |
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President Buchanan Greets a Guest of State: The Prince of Wales at the White House, Claire A. Faulkner |
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The White House Collection: From James Buchanan's Time, William G. Allman |
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11: THE ROOSEVELT RENOVATION OF 1902
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The White House in the Monumental City, Antoinette J. Lee |
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Glenn Brown, the White House, and the Urban Renaissance of Washington, D.C., William B. Bushong |
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Theodore Roosevelt's White House, William Seale |
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The Executive Offices 100 Years Ago: A Photographic Essay, Lydia Tederick |
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The White House Collection: The Beaux Arts Furnishings of 1902, Betty C. Monkman |
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10: THE GOLD SPOON SPEECH OF 1840
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Imagery from the Election of 1840: Myth and Reality, Clifford Krainik |
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The White House Collection: Those Princely Objects in Charles Ogle's Speech, William G. Allman |
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A Letter from Home: Martha Custis Peter to Martha Custis Williams, Tudor Place February 13, 1841, Wendy Kail |
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Speech of Mr. Ogle, of Pennsylvania, on The Regal Splendor of the President’s Palace |
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9: DOCUMENTING THE WHITE HOUSE
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Making the Most of the Archives: Finding White House Documentary Sources at the National Archives, Alysha E. Black |
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Visual Documents: Symbolic and Real Images of the White House, Alan Fern |
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Photographing White House Furnishings, Bruce White |
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8: PLANS AND SCHEMES
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A Glimpse of Calvin Coolidge's White House: The Photographs of Ralph Waldo Magee, Lydia Barker Tederick |
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Benjamin Latrobe and Thomas Jefferson Redesign the President's House, Michael Fazio and Patrick Snadon |
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Visiting Ireland's Leinster House: Model for the White House, Elizabeth B. Goldsmith |
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The 21st Century White House, James I. McDaniel and Ann Bowman Smith |
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7: PRESIDENT ADAMS MOVES IN
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The Paradox of High Station: Abigail Adams as First Lady, Edith B. Gelles |
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The White House in John Adams's Presidency, William Seale |
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John Adams: Farmer and Gardener, Corliss Knapp Engle |
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A Classical Turn: Fashion in the Time of President John Adams, Lynne Zacek Bassett |
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The White House Collection: John and Abigail Adams: A Tradition Begins, Betty C. Monkman |
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6: GEORGE WASHINGTON: HOUSES AND PALACES
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Washington's City, John Rhodehamel |
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Rules of Engagement: Ceremony and the First Presidential Household, John Riley |
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Memory, Architecture, and the Future: Robert F. Dalzell Jr. George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the White House, Lee Baldwin Dalzell |
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"The Best Friend I Had on Earth": William Thornton's "Great Patron," George Washington, C. M. Harris |
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Trouble in the Federal City, Dorothy Twohig |
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The White House Collection: George Washington: Influences and Images, Betty C. Monkman |
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5: THE TRUMAN RENOVATION
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Tempest in a Teapot: Truman's Failed Attempt at an Office Addition, Elizabeth Beard Goldsmith |
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Lorenzo Simmons Winslow: Architect of the White House, 1933-1952, William B. Bushong |
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Pictures of the Operation: Abbie Rowe Photographs, the White House Renovation, Clay Bauske |
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President Truman's Televised Tour, Rex W. Scouten |
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To Own a Piece of the White House: The Souvenir Program of the Truman Renovation, William G. Allman |
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The White House Collection: The Truman Interiors, Betty C. Monkman |
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4: THE BURNING OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1814
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The Burning of Washington, Anthony S. Pitch |
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The White House Before the Fire, William Seale |
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Ruin and Regeneration, William B. Bushong |
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The White House Collection: Reminders of 1814, Betty C. Monkman |
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Dolley Madison Has the Last Word:The Famous Letter, David B. Mattern |
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In a Nantucket Graveyard, Neil W. Horstman |
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A Satirical View: Politics in Rhyme, Mary A. Hackett |
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Eyewitness Accounts of the Burning of the White House: They Were There |
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3: THE WHITE HOUSE STONE
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The Stonemasons Who Built the White House, William Seale |
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The Quarries at Aquia and Seneca, Gary Scott |
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Restoring the Original White House Stone, Patrick J. Plunkett |
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The Politics of Public Building: William Thornton and President's Square, C.M. Harris |
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The White House Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Betty C. Monkman |
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2: THE DESIGN OF LAFAYETTE PARK
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The Design of Lafayette Park, William Seale |
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Presidents and the Potomac, Gilbert Gude |
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A "Dark Horse" in Sunlight and Shadow: Daguerreotypes of President James Polk, Clifford Krainik |
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White House Album: The Theodore Roosevelt Years, James M. Goode |
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1: PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S ROSE GARDEN
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President Kennedy's Rose Garden, Rachel Lambert Mellon |
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White House Album: History in the Camera's Eye, Oliver Jensen |
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The Association's Twentieth Year, Nash Castro |
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History in White House Silver, Joseph D. Carr |
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Stone Walls Preserved, James I. McDaniel |
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Documents: A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul Jennings |
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Commentary: The Washington of Paul Jennings, White House Slave, Free Man, and Conspirator for Freedom, G. Franklin Edwards and Michael R. Winston |
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