The Washington Post, via “John Kelly’s Washington,” recently featured William DeCosta, a retired local librarian who has compiled several indices which he subsequently donated to the Society.
The latest donation, “Hoboes and Tramps in the 1890s,” is available on microfilm (MS 0798) and as well as an abridged printed version (P 5168).
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