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Waveform Audio File Format  |  2000-10-09  |  2.5 MB  |  1 channel  |  11,025 sample rate  |  1 minute, 56 seconds

Transcription: John Adams, our second president, was the first chief executive to occupy the White House. That was in 1800. The work of completing the interior continued during his term. The building, a modest but dignified residence, was then called the President's House or President's Mansion. The White House too was burned in the War of 1812. Dolly Madison, wife of the president, could send little but a portrait of Washington and the Declaration of Independence. Only the outer walls of the building were left standing. The President's house was a shattered shell scorched by fire. The mansion was rebuilt wi ...

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