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Glover Park History

Historical Sketches of Glover Park, Upper Georgetown, and Georgetown Heights by Carlton Fletcher

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Population
Geography
- Maps, Places & Features
- Streets
Estates & Farms
- Alliance Farm
- Burleith
- Cedars
- Clifton
- Greenwood
- Hillandale
- Mount Alto
- Normanstone
- North View
- Tunlaw Farm
- Weston
Institutions
- Former Institutions
- Present Institutions
Cemeteries
Civil War
- The Civil War on Georgetown Heights
- Local People in the Civil War
Appendix

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Neighborhood
Population
Geography
- Maps, Places & Features
- Streets
Estates & Farms
- Alliance Farm
- Burleith
- Cedars
- Clifton
- Greenwood
- Hillandale
- Mount Alto
- Normanstone
- North View
- Tunlaw Farm
- Weston
Institutions
- Former Institutions
- Present Institutions
Cemeteries
Civil War
- The Civil War on Georgetown Heights
- Local People in the Civil War
Appendix

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Neighborhood Histories

A Brief History of Glover Park

The National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children, at Burleith, 1864. The Home was a response to the crisis of orphaned refugee slaves in Washington, and was managed by committees of Northern women. It was established in the confiscated house of a Treasury Department official who had left Washington to serve in the Confederate government.

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Georgetown Heights

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Georgetown and Glover Park

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A Brief History of Cathedral Heights

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Massachusetts Avenue Heights

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Origins of Burleith

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The citation and acknowledgement of my research is greatly appreciated.
The support of the Advisory Neighborhood Council (3B) is gratefully acknowledged.

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