Proposed Name for House Office Building ...: Hearings Before Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Relating to Changing the Name of the House of Representatives Office Building to Jefferson Hall, June 21, 1912U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - 13 pages |
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| Title | Proposed Name for House Office Building ...: Hearings Before Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Relating to Changing the Name of the House of Representatives Office Building to Jefferson Hall, June 21, 1912 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 13 pages |
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