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A Splendid Capitol

United States Senate Chamber, by Thomas Doney, after James Whitehorn, 1846.

United States Senate Chamber, by Thomas Doney, after James Whitehorn, 1846.

 

United States Senate Chamber, by Thomas Doney, after James Whitehorn, 1846

The visitors crowding the Senate gallery included Dolley Madison, the widow of the fourth president.

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