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Acknowledgements
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This website is a project of WASH, the Washington Area Secular Humanists. WASH provides web host space for the site on a continuing basis. |
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| Information about Ingersoll’s activities in Washington, D.C., is taken chiefly from Robert G. Ingersoll: A Life by Frank Smith (Prometheus Books, Buffalo, N.Y., 1990). Helpful information was also provided by David Henley. |
| Another excellent biography of Ingersoll is American Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll: A Biography by Orvin Larson, ISBN 1-877733-33-4 (Citadel Press, New York, N.Y. 1962). |
| Author: Gary C. Grassl, April 1995. Updated by Steven C. Lowe, June 2009. |
| Web development, photo editing: Pete Lins. Printable PDF files: Steven C. Lowe. |
Map
Graphic elements of the map are used with the kind permission of Yahoo!, correspondence ID KMM144195071V39173L0KM, dated March 2, 2009.
References
| Blanchard, George C. (April 2, 1910). “A Reporter's Notes. Recollections of Ingersoll and Golden Days,” The Truth Seeker. |
| Cramer, C. H. (1952). Royal Bob: The Life of Robert G. Ingersoll. New York: Bobbs-Merrill. |
| Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. V. (1961) . New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. |
| Donaldson, Frances F. (1968). The President’s Square: the Cosmos Club’s and other historic homes on Lafayette Square. New York: Vantage Press. |
| Goode, James M. (1979). Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington’s Destroyed Buildings. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. |
| Kittredge, Herman E. (1911). Ingersoll: A Biographical Appreciation. New York: The Dresden Publishing Co. |
| Larson, Orvin. (1962). American Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll, a Biography. New York: The Citadel Press. |
| Robert Green Ingersoll Memorial Committee. (no date). Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum, Dresden, N.Y. [Brochure]. Box 664, Amherst, N.Y. 14226-0664. |
| Smith, Frank. (1990). Robert G. Ingersoll: A Life. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. |
Photo Credits
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Courtesy Emmett F. Fields of www.Bank-of-Wisdom.com. |
| 2. |
Steve Lowe, 2009. |
| 3. |
Phil Kalmanson, 2009. |
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Steve Lowe, 2009. |
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D.C. Public Library, Washingtoniana Historical Image Collection, item #11008. |
| 6. |
Phil Kalmanson, 2009. |
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Library of Congress, Photo Collection. |
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Steve Lowe, 2009. |
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Goode, 1979, p. 357;
Library of Congress LC-G6-G4391. |
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Pete Lins, 2009. |
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The Washington Post, February 9, 1878, p. 4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers accessed through the D.C. Public Library. |
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Courtesy Historical Society of Washington, D.C., ST 459. |
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Steve Lowe, 2009. |
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Courtesy Historical Society of Washington, D.C., CHS 07946; Library of Congress LC-G6-G4216. |
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Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-61338, 3b09016. |
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Phil Kalmanson, 2009. |
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Courtesy Historical Society of Washington, D.C., CHS 01253. |
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The Washington Post, March 4, 1880, p. 4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers accessed through the D.C. Public Library. |
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Library of Congress, 3a46341u. |
| 20. |
Library of Congress, Papers. |
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Courtesy Historical Society of Washington, D.C. |
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Steve Lowe, 2009. |
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Donaldson, 1968, p. 55. |
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Steve Lowe, 2009. |
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Donaldson, 1968, p. 55. |
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Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-86626, 3b33112. |
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Donaldson, 1968, p. 63. |
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Phil Kalmanson, 2009. |
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The Republic: A Weekly Journal of Politics and Society,
Vol. 4, No. 19, June 27, 1880, pp. 294-5. Washington, D.C. Part of the Washingtoniana Collection at the D.C. Public Library. |
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Phil Kalmanson, 2009. |
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Goode, 1979, p. 155;
Library of Congress LC-G6-G199, 3c28824. |
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Pete Lins, 2009. |
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Phil Kalmanson, 2009. |
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Courtesy Washington College of Law Archives/Special Collections, April 2010. |
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Steve Lowe, 2009. |
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Library of Congress, Papers. |
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