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1To James Madison from Thomas Claxton, 18 July 1812 (Madison Papers)
At the South End of the South Wing of the Capitol there is a gang way or platform which serves for the entrance of the Galleries of the Ho of Reps—this passage, Sir was at first built of perishable Materials and is now almost impassable and in times of a Crowd, very dangerous, its elevation being about twelve feet from the ground. Having learnt that you are about to cause the expenditure of...