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Title: The story of Washington, the National Capital
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Todd, Charles Burr, 1849-
Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: New York London : G.P. Putnam's Sons : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ensions were added in 1855, afterdesigns of Thomas U. Walter, the total cost amount-ing to two millions of dollars. The Postmaster-General has charge of the mailservice of the United States. His subordinates com-prise three Assistant Postmasters-General, a Superin-tendent of Foreign Mails, of the Money-Order System,and of the Dead-Letter OfBce. The Dead-LetterOffice division is most interesting to visitors. Hereall unmailable and undelivered matter is sent fordisposition ; it examines and forwards or returns allletters which have failed of delivery, inspects andreturns to the country of origin all foreign matterundelivered, records and restores to their ownersletters and parcels which contain valuable enclosures,and cares for and disposes of all money, and negotia-ble paper found in undelivered matter. The Department of Justice is another branchwhich the increasing needs of the country hasrecently called into being, it having been estab-lished in 1870. Its officers may be found in the
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2g± THE STORY OF WASHINGTON. brown-stone building on Pennsylvania Avenue nearFifteenth Street. Its head is the Attorney-General,who is the chief law officer of the government. Herepresents the United States in all matters involvinglegal questions, gives his advice and opinions onquestions of law submitted by the President andheads of Departments, and exercises a generalsuperintendence over United States attorneys andmarshals, and all law business of the government.He is assisted by a Solicitor-General, and by twoAssistant Attorneys-General. The Department of Agriculture was establishedin 1862. Its building, just west of the SmithsonianInstitution, was erected in 1868, and attracts atten-tion from its perfect architectural finish and trimlycut grounds. It is the duty of its chief, the Commis-sioner of Agriculture, to collect and diffuse usefulinformation on subjects connected with agriculture.Its chief officers and divisions are a Statistician,an Entomologist, a Botanist, a Chemist, a

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