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Willard Hotel and the lobbyists
1850
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lincoln stayed here before his inauguration and Julia Ward Howe wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic in a room upstairs. The story that Grant coined lobbyist in its lobby is false but durable.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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