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Washington Post: Washington's First Century
Series of articles on Washington in the 1800s: the early years of the new capital, the city's fall to the British in 1814, the building of the C&O Canal, the development of Anacostia, Daniel Sickles' murder of Philip Barton Key near the White House, the Capitol's slave labor, life during the Civil War, "Rebel Rose" Greenhow's spy ring, the battle for black suffrage, "Boss" Shepherd, and Mary Henderson's grand plans for developing 16th Street.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/bicentennial/
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