Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
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Chapters (100)
- 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.
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