Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2

About this eBook

Author

Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887

Credits

Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer

Language

English

LoC Class

F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States

Subject

Washington (D.C.) -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20290

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20290

Release Date

January 5, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES OF SIXTY YEARS IN THE NATIONAL METROPOLIS — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF AUTOGRAPHS — PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES. — CHAPTER I. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BECOMES PRESIDENT. — CHAPTER II. TRAVELING IN "YE OLDEN TIME." — CHAPTER III. JOURNALISM IN 1828. — CHAPTER IV. PROMINENT SENATORS OF 1827. — CHAPTER V. PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVES OF 1827. — CHAPTER VI. THE POLITICAL MACHINE. — CHAPTER VII. THE KITCHEN CABINET. — CHAPTER VIII. BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. — CHAPTER IX. THE STAMPING OUT OF NULLIFICATION. — CHAPTER X. PROMINENT MEN OF JACKSON'S TIME. — CHAPTER XI. SOCIETY IN JACKSON'S TIME. — CHAPTER XII. JACKSON AND HIS ASSOCIATES. — CHAPTER XIII. JACKSON'S LAST YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE. — CHAPTER XIV. VAN BUREN'S STORMY ADMINISTRATION. — CHAPTER XV. COMMENCEMENT OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT. — CHAPTER XVI. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE AT WASHINGTON. — CHAPTER XVII. THE LOG CABIN AND HARD CIDER CAMPAIGN. — CHAPTER XVIII. ENTER WHIGS—EXIT DEMOCRATS. — CHAPTER XIX. HARRISON'S ONE MONTH OF POWER. — CHAPTER XX. THE KING IS DEAD—LONG LIVE THE KING. — CHAPTER XXI. DIPLOMATIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF WEBSTER. — CHAPTER XXII. THE CAPITOL AND THE DRAWING-ROOM. — CHAPTER XXIII. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. — CHAPTER XXIV. HOW TEXAS BECAME A STATE. — CHAPTER XXV. RESTORATION OF THE DEMOCRATS. — CHAPTER XXVI. DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. — CHAPTER XXVII. MAKING THE MOST OF POWER. — CHAPTER XXVIII. THE GREAT COMPROMISE DEBATE. — CHAPTER XXIX. PROMINENT STATESMEN AND DIPLOMATS. — CHAPTER XXX. FILLMORE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. — CHAPTER XXXI. ARRAIGNMENT OF DANIEL WEBSTER. — CHAPTER XXXII. FOREIGN INFLUENCE AND KNOW-NOTHINGISM. — CHAPTER XXXIII. PLOTTING FOR THE PRESIDENCY. — CHAPTER XXXIV. PIERCE AT THE HELM. — CHAPTER XXXV. CHIVALRY, AT HOME AND ABROAD. — CHAPTER XXXVI. CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. — CHAPTER XXXVII. POLITICAL STORM AND SOCIAL SUNSHINE. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. GROWTH OF THE METROPOLIS. — CHAPTER XXXIX. THE NORTHERN CHAMPIONS. — CHAPTER XL. EXCITING PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST. — CHAPTER XLI. MISS LANE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. — CHAPTER XLII. DIPLOMACY, SOCIETY, AND CIVIL SERVICE. — CHAPTER XLIII. PRELUDE TO THE REBELLION. — CHAPTER XLIV. POLITICIANS, AUTHORS, AND HUMORISTS. — PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES OF SIXTY YEARS IN THE NATIONAL METROPOLIS — CONTENTS. — LIST OF AUTOGRAPHS — PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES. — CHAPTER I. FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS AND DOMESTIC TROUBLES. — CHAPTER II. VISITS FROM DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS. — CHAPTER III. THE GATHERING TEMPEST. — CHAPTER IV. LINCOLN'S ELECTION INAUGURATES REBELLION. — CHAPTER V. MR. LINCOLN AT THE HELM. — CHAPTER VI. THE STORM BURSTS. — CHAPTER VII. "ON TO RICHMOND." — CHAPTER VIII. WASHINGTON A VAST GARRISON. — CHAPTER IX. THE METROPOLIS IN TIME OF WAR. — CHAPTER X. FASHION, LITERATURE, AND ART. — CHAPTER XI. THE FORTUNES OF WAR. — CHAPTER XII. SOCIAL LIFE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. — CHAPTER XIII. CIVIL AND MILITARY INTRIGUES. — CHAPTER XIV. EVENTS BOTH SAD AND JOYOUS. — CHAPTER XV. PLUNGED INTO SORROW. — CHAPTER XVI. THE CONSPIRACY TRIAL—THE GRAND REVIEWS. — CHAPTER XVII. PRESIDENT JOHNSON SURRENDERS. — CHAPTER XVIII. WASHINGTON CELEBRITIES. — CHAPTER XIX. CEREMONIALS AT THE METROPOLIS. — CHAPTER XX. THE GREAT IMPEACHMENT. — CHAPTER XXI. A NEW PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST. — CHAPTER XXII. GENERAL GRANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. — CHAPTER XXIII. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE METROPOLIS. — CHAPTER XXIV. RESTORATION OF THE UNION. — CHAPTER XXV. INTRIGUES AND INTRIGUERS. — CHAPTER XXVI. A NEW TERM BEGUN. — CHAPTER XXVII. CORRUPTION IN OFFICIAL LIFE. — CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CENTENNIAL GLORY. — CHAPTER XXIX. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. — CHAPTER XXX. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT HAYES. — CHAPTER XXXI. A NEW ERA IN SOCIETY. — CHAPTER XXXII. LEADERS AND MEASURES. — CHAPTER XXXIII. TILTS IN CONGRESS. — CHAPTER XXXIV. STRUGGLE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. — CHAPTER XXXV. THE GARFIELD INAUGURATION. — CHAPTER XXXVI. CHANGES AND DISSENSIONS. — CHAPTER XXXVII. THE ASSASSINATION. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR BECOMES PRESIDENT. — CHAPTER XXXIX. THE CENTENNIAL OF YORKTOWN. — CHAPTER XL. PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S ADMINISTRATION. — CHAPTER XLI. GAY AND FESTIVE SCENES. — CHAPTER XLII. THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT. — CHAPTER XLIII. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. — CHAPTER XLIV. OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL LIFE. — CHAPTER XLV. THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. — CHAPTER XLVI. THE PRESIDENT'S WEDDING. — CHAPTER XLVII. A SUMMING-UP OF SIXTY YEARS.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.