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The Olivia Letters

by Emily Edson Briggs

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Author
Briggs, Emily Edson, 1831-1910
Title
The Olivia Letters Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as Told by the Letters of a Newspaper Correspondent
Credits
Produced by ellinora, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
Subject
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 58604
Release Date
January 3, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE OLIVIA LETTERS
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE.
  4. 4.A SOLDIER’S BURIAL.
  5. 5.LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY.
  6. 6.ADVICE POLITICAL.
  7. 7.A PLEA FOR THE NEGRO.
  8. 8.AT DRY TORTUGAS.
  9. 9.STATE ASSOCIATIONS.
  10. 10.BINGHAM AND BUTLER.
  11. 11.A WEST END RECEPTION.
  12. 12.IN THE ARENA OF THE SENATE.
  13. 13.SPEAKER COLFAX.
  14. 14.THE HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
  15. 15.MRS. SENATOR WADE.
  16. 16.AT THE PRESIDENT’S LEVEE.
  17. 17.MARY CLEMMER AMES.
  18. 18.AT THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
  19. 19.HON. BENJAMIN F. WADE.
  20. 20.TWO NOTABLE WOMEN.
  21. 21.JUDGE NELSON.
  22. 22.A FAITHFUL SERVANT.
  23. 23.JOHN A. BINGHAM.
  24. 24.ANSON BURLINGAME.
  25. 25.A TALENTED QUARTETTE.
  26. 26.THE DRAGONS OF THE LOBBY.
  27. 27.PRESIDENT GRANT’S INAUGURAL.
  28. 28.PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S FAMILY.
  29. 29.SENATORIAL PEN PICTURES.
  30. 30.SENATOR SPRAGUE.
  31. 31.SEALED SISTERS OF MORMONISM.
  32. 32.AWAITING AUDIENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
  33. 33.JOHN M. BARCLAY.
  34. 34.WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
  35. 35.ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
  36. 36.ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER.
  37. 37.GATHERING OF THE STRONG-MINDED.
  38. 38.AT A COMMITTEE HEARING.
  39. 39.HONORING THE PRINCE.
  40. 40.LEVEE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
  41. 41.OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE. — THE RULES. — THE CODE.
  42. 42.GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN.
  43. 43.MIDWINTER SOCIETY.
  44. 44.PROFESSOR MELAH.
  45. 45.SOME SENATORIAL SCENES.
  46. 46.THE ROBESON TEA PARTY.
  47. 47.DELEGATES FROM THE SOUTHLAND.
  48. 48.THE TREASURY TRIO.
  49. 49.VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.
  50. 50.SPREADING THE LIGHT.
  51. 51.AN OPPOSING PETITION.
  52. 52.UPHOLDING THE BANNER.
  53. 53.CHAMPIONS OF THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE.
  54. 54.MRS. GRANT’S TUESDAY AFTERNOONS.
  55. 55.DYING SCENES OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
  56. 56.PRAISE FOR DEPARTING LEGISLATORS.
  57. 57.THE BLACK MAN IN CONGRESS.
  58. 58.BY THE GRACE OF THE QUEEN.
  59. 59.A DISSERTATION ON DRESS.
  60. 60.MEETING OF OCCIDENT AND ORIENT.
  61. 61.THE PUBLIC GREET THE JAPANESE.
  62. 62.SAMUEL F. B. MORSE.
  63. 63.ON THE PROMENADE.
  64. 64.CHARLES SUMNER.
  65. 65.WOMAN’S INFLUENCE FOR GOOD.
  66. 66.THE KING REUNIONS.
  67. 67.CARL SCHURZ.
  68. 68.ON CAPITOL HILL.
  69. 69.GEORGETOWN ARISTOCRACY.
  70. 70.SENATORS EDMUNDS AND CARPENTER.
  71. 71.HOME LIFE OF MRS. GRANT.
  72. 72.THE GREAT REAPER.
  73. 73.CLOSING SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
  74. 74.A MATRIMONIAL REGISTER.
  75. 75.BACHELORS AND WIDOWERS.
  76. 76.THE BOTANIC GARDEN.
  77. 77.WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS COMPARED.
  78. 78.VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
  79. 79.KATE CHASE SPRAGUE.
  80. 80.LACK OF A LEADER.
  81. 81.BEN HILL AND ROSCOE CONKLING.
  82. 82.PRESIDENT GARFIELD’S CABINET DAY.
  83. 83.A NEW YEAR RECEPTION.
  84. 84.AT THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU.
  85. 85.ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

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