Charles Carroll Glover
Charles Carroll Glover was a business man who advocated for the development of parks in Washington, DC, during the late 1800s. In 1881, he called a meeting of fellow businessmen to propose transforming the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/321">Potomac flats</a>, a tidal marsh area, into a public park. He continued to promote the idea, even meeting personally with President Grover Cleveland, until the land was formally declared a public park in 1897. Today the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a> and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/31">Jefferson Memorial</a> are just a few of the national monuments that reside on the flats.
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Thomas Law
Thomas Law was a wealthy Englishman who invested financially and ideologically in the development of the new city of Washington. In 1804 he wrote a pamphlet, published anonymously, proposing a canal from the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/424">Anacostia River to the Potomac</a> following <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/40">Goose Creek</a>, which he thought would encourage trade in the city. He was one of the incorporators of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/41">Washington Canal</a> Company.
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Mary Ann Hall
Mary Ann Hall purchased a home in 1840 on land where the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/49">National Museum of the American Indian</a> is today. Her three-story home became the site of a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/6">high end brothel</a> for the District. Archaeologists excavated fragments of champagne bottles, oyster shells, and fine china, all indicating the upscale clientele of Hall's establishment. She created a profitable business. In 1860, Hall owned real estate and personal property valued at over $18,000. By the time of her death in 1886 that estate had grown to $100,000, the equivalent of $1.9 million today.
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Alethia Browning Tanner
Alethia Browning Tanner was an enslaved woman who ran her own vegetable market in <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/20">Lafayette Square</a> in front of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">White House</a> during the late 1700s and early 1800s. She was highly successful, counting President Thomas Jefferson among her customers. By 1810 she had saved enough to purchase her freedom: $1400. She continued to be successful in business, and was an important member of the early free black community of Washington, DC.
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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
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