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Chappell, Gordon. Historic Resource Study: East and West Potomac Parks, A History. Denver, CO: US Department of Interior, 1973.
Cluss & Kammerhueber Engineering. Report on the Present State, and the Improvement of the Washington City Canal. Washington City: May 12, 1865.
Congressional Globe. US Congress, 23rd–43rd Congresses, 1833–1873. Accessed at memory.loc.gov/ammem/hlawquery.html.
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Debate on the Morrill Bill. US Senate, 43rd Congress, Second Session, Congressional Record, Dec. 17, 1874.
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Moore, William G. Report of the Major and Superintendent of Police of the District of Columbia: The Year Ending June 30, 1888. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1889.
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Records Concerning the Washington City Canal, 1810–1871; Records Relating to Construction, Engineering, Land, and Transportation; Records of the Government of the District of Columbia, RG 351.4, National Archives and Records Administration.
Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862–1863; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; RG 217; National Archives and Records Administration.
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Report on Inhabited Alleys in the District of Columbia and Housing of Unskilled Workmen. Subcommittee of Committee on the District of Columbia, US Congress, Senate, 63rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1914.
Reports of Public Hazards, 1879–1886. Law Enforcement Records, Metropolitan Police; Records of the Government of the District of Columbia, RG 351, National Archives and Records Administration.
Superintendent Report, Office of Metropolitan Police, US Congress, Senate, 39th Congress, 1st Session, March 20, 1866.
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Daily Patriot, 1870–1872
Evening Star/Washington Star, 1852–1981
Georgetown Courier, 1865–1876
National Era, 1847–1860
National Intelligencer, 1800–1869
National Republican, 1860–1888
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Sunday Herald, 1866–1887
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Washington Globe, 1831–1873
Washington History, 1989–
Washington Post, 1877–
Washington Sentinel, 1873–1910