List of Known Post Offices with a Ladies Delivery Window

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List of Known Post Offices with a Ladies Delivery Window
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List of Known Post Offices with a Ladies Delivery Window
Note: Post Offices in the cities listed in italics had a ladies delivery window included in their 1850s building plans by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. It's unclear if the windows were retained in the final designs. The years listed for these cities are the years in which the construction of the planned buildings was completed.
City
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State
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Ladies Window in Use by (Year)
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Source
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Mobile
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AL
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1856
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1853-1855, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (P&P, LOC)
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Phoenix
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AZ
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1896
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Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), November 22, 1896
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Tombstone
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AZ
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1880
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U.S. Congress. House. Report of John P. Clum, 50th Congress, 1st session, 1888, Report No. 2187
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Los Angeles
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CA
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1885
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Los Angeles Times, April 26, 1885
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Sacramento
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CA
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1851
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Watertown (WI) Chronicle, January 1, 1851
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San Francisco
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CA
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1852
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Daily Alta California (San Francisco, CA), March 31, 1852
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San Jose
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CA
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1888
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The Evening News (San Jose, CA), July 13, 1888
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Oakland
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CA
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1877
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Oakland Tribune, December 8, 1877
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Aspen
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CO
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1896
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The Aspen Tribune, March 18, 1890
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Denver
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CO
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1873
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Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver CO), October 26, 1863
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Longmont
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CO
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1905
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Longmont Ledger, December 8, 1905
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Hartford
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CT
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1856
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Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT), January 26, 1856
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New Haven
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CT
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1874
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New Directory of the … City and Town of New Haven, for 1874–75 (New Haven, CT: Greenough, Jones & Co., 1874)
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Wilmington
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DE
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1857
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1853-1855, P&P, LOC
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Washington
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DC
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1858
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The Merchants' Magazine & Commercial Review, May 1, 1858
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Jacksonville
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FL
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1895
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Sprit of Jefferson (Charles Town, WV), February 22, 1887
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Pensacola
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FL
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1906
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The Pensacola Journal, March 11, 1906
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Americus
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GA
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1892
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Americus Times-Recorder, November 4, 1892
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Athens
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GA
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1898
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The Athens Daily Banner, February 23, 1898
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Atlanta
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GA
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1869
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The Atlanta Constitution, August 28, 1869
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Columbus
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GA
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1882
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Columbus Daily Enquirer, September 3, 1882
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Gainesville
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GA
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1899
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The Georgia Cracker (Gainesville, GA), March 4, 1899
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Honolulu
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HI
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1894
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Hawaii Progress (Honolulu, HI), November 1, 1894
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Davenport
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IA
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1870
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The Davenport Daily Gazette, February 3, 1870
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Dubuque
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IA
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1866
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1856, P&P, LOC
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Chicago
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IL
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1860
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Chicago Press and Tribune, January 23, 1860
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Ottawa
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IL
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1877
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Ottawa Free Trader, January 20, 1877
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Rock Island
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IL
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1899
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Rock Island (IL) Argus, December 12, 1899
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Springfield
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IL
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1869
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1856, P&P, LOC
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Evansville
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IN
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1862
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Evansville Daily Journal, April 19, 1862
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Fort Wayne
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IN
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1869
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Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, September 2, 1869
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Greencastle
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IN
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1877
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Greencastle Banner, July 12, 1877
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Indianapolis
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IN
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1861
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1856, P&P, LOC
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Atchison
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KS
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1879
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The Globe (Atchison, KS), November 03, 1879
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Chanute
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KS
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1903
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The Sun (Chanute, KS), July 31, 1903
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Kansas City
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KS
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1893
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The Kansas City Gazette, December 31, 1893
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Lawrence
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KS
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1879
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Lawrence Daily Journal, August 29, 1879
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Leavenworth
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KS
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1889
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The Leavenworth Times, June 13, 1889
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Parsons
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KS
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1881
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The Parsons Daily Sun, April 24, 2881
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Salina
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KS
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1894
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Salina Daily Republican-Journal, September 18, 1894
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Topeka
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KS
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1884
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The Topeka Daily Capital, March 1, 1884
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New Orleans
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LA
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1870
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New Orleans Republican, July 12, 1870
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Bangor
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ME
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1855
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Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, January 18, 1855
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Belfast
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ME
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1857
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1855, P&P, LOC
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Lewiston
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ME
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1871
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Lewiston Evening Journal, February 18, 1871
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Portland
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ME
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1871
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1855, P&P, LOC
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Boston
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MA
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1858
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Ballou's Pictorial (Boston, MA), July 31, 1858
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Gloucester
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MA
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1858
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1856, P&P, LOC
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Lowell
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MA
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1874
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Lowell Daily Citizen & News, August 14, 1874
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Baltimore
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MD
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1845
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Baltimore Sun, July 9, 1845
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Frederick
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MD
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1883
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Catoctin Clarion (Mechanicstown, MD), July 12, 1883
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Detroit
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MI
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1859
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Detroit Free Press, May 12, 1859
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Minneapolis
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MN
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1887
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The Saint Paul (MN) Globe, February 27, 1887
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Sedalia
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MO
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1890
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The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, January 28, 1890
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St. Louis
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MO
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1867
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Walter B. Stevens, Centennial History of Missouri, Volume 4, 518
(St. Louis, MO: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921)
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Vicksburg
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MS
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1875
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Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph, June 7, 1875
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Butte
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MT
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1882
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The Montana Standard (Butte, MT), October 10, 1882
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Helena
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MT
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1887
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Helena Weekly Herald, January 13, 1887
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Lincoln
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NE
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1891
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The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, NE), July 2, 1901
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Omaha
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NE
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1881
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The Omaha Daily Bee, May 11, 1881
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Concord
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NH
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1862
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New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette (Concord, NH), December 31, 1862
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Portsmouth
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NH
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1860
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1856, at Library of Congress
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Perth Amboy
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NJ
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1892
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U.S. Congress. House. Letter From the Postmaster General, Transmitting the Claim of George H. Tice, Postmaster at Perth Amboy, N.J., 52nd Congress, 2nd session, 1893, H. Doc. 215.
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Trenton
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NJ
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1874
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Daily State Gazette (Trenton, NJ), March 16, 1874
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Buffalo
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NY
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1858
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The American Merchant (Buffalo, NY), May, 1858
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New York
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NY
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1833
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National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), June 12, 1833
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Oswego
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NY
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1858
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1855, P&P, LOC
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Plattsburgh
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NY
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1858
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1856, P&P, LOC
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Charlotte
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NC
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1891
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The Charlotte News, March 30, 1891
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Concord
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NC
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1897
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The Concord Times, April 1, 1897
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Raleigh
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NC
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1890
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The Lenoir (NC) Topic, March 19, 1890
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Cincinnati
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OH
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1855
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Genius of the West magazine (Cincinnati, OH), August 1855, at digital.cincinnatilibrary.org (accessed January 19, 2016)
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Cleveland
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OH
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1858
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The Daily Cleveland Herald, December 23, 1858
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Toledo
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OH
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1856
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Architectural Drawings for a Government Building, 1855, P&P, LOC
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Portland
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OR
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1878
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The Daily Oregonian (Portland, OR), February 15, 1878
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Harrisburg
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PA
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1861
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Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), June 26, 1861
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Philadelphia
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PA
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1845
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