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Visitor’s Gallery Pass

A pass with text reading, “Members Pass, House of Representatives, Washington D.C. 4/10, 1897 admit Mr. C B Douglas to the Visitor’s gallery for session, John S. Little, M.C. from Arkansas”/tiles/collection/5/5560.xml
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A pass with text reading, “Members Pass, House of Representatives, Washington D.C. 4/10, 1897 admit Mr. C B Douglas to the Visitor’s gallery for session, John S. Little, M.C. from Arkansas”
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Date

1897-04-10

Dimensions

3 x 4 1/4 in. (7.6 x 10.8 cm)

Accession Number

2006.042.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This gallery pass, signed by Arkansas Congressman John Little, gave the bearer a chance to see a Saturday session of the House. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the House convened legislative days on weekends far more often than the modern House. Traveling great distances by primitive modes of transportation, early Members of Congress compressed their brief legislative sessions in the nation’s capital.

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