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Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: May 21, 2010
Caption: Decatur House undergoing renovations, 2010 - note temporary historical signage on scaffolds
Additional Description: “... While enslaved here in 1829, Charlotte Dupuy sued Secretary of State Henry Clay for her freedom and that of her children. Rosa Marks, Nancy Syphax, and the King and Williams families lived on the second floor of the slave quarters in the 1840s and the United States Army occupied the property during the Civil War. ...” Oak Grove Restoration Company.
Submitted: May 23, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p110381
File Size: 2.225 Megabytes

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