Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
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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.
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.
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