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Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century

Chapter 24: INDEX
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A series of illustrated biographical sketches profiles celebrated nineteenth-century American women renowned for beauty, wit, and social influence. Each piece situates its subject within her local and national milieu, recounting family background, public and private activities, and the social customs that shaped her life. The collection emphasizes the interplay of personal charm and societal change—transportation, communication, and evolving domestic arts—and considers how these women exercised influence in salons, politics, and society. Portraits and contemporary commentary accompany the narratives, and occasional essays discuss regional social centers and the period's fashions and customs, offering a collective portrait of female prominence across decades.

INDEX

  • A
  • Adams, Hannah, 150
  • Adams, John, 22
  • Adams, John Quincy, 74
  • Adams, Mrs. John, 14
  • Alabama, story of, 105
  • Albany, Duke of, 202
  • Allen, James Lane, 148
  • Alston, Joseph, 30, 38
  • Alston, Mrs. Joseph. See Theodosia Burr
  • American Graces, 62, 66
  • Amory, William, 97
  • André, Major, 191
  • Ariosto, 116
  • Armstrong, General, 50
  • Armstrong, Vene P., 159
  • Astor, Mrs., 111
  • Atlantic Transport Company, 255
  • August, Tom, 179
  • Ayot, Alexis, 145
  • B
  • Bache, Mrs. Richard, 193
  • Bache, Richard, 193
  • Baily, Dr. Gamaliel, 214
  • Baker, Mrs. George W., 171
  • Baltimore, city of, 39
  • Bard, Dr., 29
  • Barney, Commodore, 44
  • Barton, Dr. Benjamin, 87
  • Barton, Mrs. Thomas Pennant. See Cora Livingston
  • Barton, Thomas Pennant, 87
  • Bateman, Abraham, 254
  • Bayard, Hon. Thomas F., 271
  • Beaconsfield, Lord, 248
  • Beale, General, 88
  • Beauregard, General, 234
  • "Beauvoir," 275
  • Bellefontaine Cemetery, 263
  • Bentham, Jeremy, 19
  • Benton, Jessie, 123
  • Benton, Thomas Hart, 123, 125, 126
  • Bernhardt, Sarah, 200
  • Bingham, Mrs. William, 192
  • Bingham, William, 192
  • Bladensburg duel, 85
  • Blaine, James G., 268
  • Blenheim Palace, 244
  • Blennerhassett, 34
  • Bodisco, Baron, 127
  • Bolin, Lieutenant-Governor, 92
  • Bonaparte, Jerome, 28, 43, 44, 64
  • Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon, 53, 59
  • Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, 59
  • Bonaparte, Madame Jerome, 39, 67.
  • Bonaparte, Napoleon, 42, 43, 48, 51, 55, 67
  • Bonaparte, Pauline, 56, 58
  • Bonsteller, Baron, 57
  • Borghese, Princess. See Pauline Bonaparte
  • Boston Library, 88
  • Bourne, Sylvanus, 53
  • Bradley-Martin, Mrs., 255
  • Brant, Indian Chief, 29
  • Brattle, Thomas, 92
  • Bremer, Frederika, 108, 115
  • Bright, Mr. John, 247
  • British Society, 239
  • Browning, Mrs., 114
  • Buchanan, James, 161, 164, 167, 170, 174, 181, 232
  • Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 253
  • Burdett-Coutts, Mr., 253
  • Burns, Davy, 12
  • Burns, Marcia, 11
  • Burr, Aaron, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 32
  • Burr, Madam, 267
  • Burr, Rev. Aaron, 28
  • Burr, Theodosia, 18, 48
  • C
  • Cabell, Lizzie, 230
  • Calderon, Madame de la Barca, 101
  • Calhoun, John C., 16
  • Calhoun, Mrs. John C., 75
  • Calverts, the, 14
  • Camber, Miss, 103
  • "Canonchet," 219
  • Carlton House Terrace, 276
  • Carmichael, Ann, 231
  • Carroll, Charles, 41, 61, 63, 150, 191, 264
  • Carroll, Daniel, 12, 14
  • Carroll, John, 61
  • Carroll, John, Archbishop, 46, 64
  • Carroll, Kitty, 61
  • Carroll, Mary, 61
  • Carucci's, 86
  • Caton, Elizabeth, 62, 68
  • Caton, Emily, 62, 68
  • Caton, Louisa, 62, 65, 68
  • Caton, Mary, 62, 264
  • Caton, Richard, 61, 62
  • Caton Sisters, 61
  • Chamberlain, Hon. Joseph, 273
  • Chamberlain, Jennie, 278
  • Chamberlain, Mrs. Joseph, 255
  • Chase, Kate, 206
  • Chase, Salmon P., 207–210, 212, 214, 215, 220, 223
  • Chase, Samuel, 45
  • Chatsworth House, 252
  • Chevalier, Sally, 118, 119
  • Chew, Harriet, 191
  • Chew, Margaret, 191
  • Churchill, Lady Randolph. See Jennie Jerome
  • Churchill, Lord Randolph, 240, 244, 248, 250, 255
  • Churchill, Winston, 252
  • Cincinnati, site of, 195
  • "City of New York," steamship, 250
  • Clarke, James Freeman, 101
  • Clay, Henry, 82, 108, 110
  • Clemmer, Mary, 163
  • Cleveland, Mrs., 162, 274
  • Cleveland, President, 270
  • Clinton, Governor De Witt, 73
  • Clintons, the, 20
  • Clymer, Dr., 271
  • Clymer, Miss May, 271
  • Columbia College, 15
  • Conkling, Roscoe, 214
  • Curzon, Baroness. See Mary Victoria Leiter
  • Curzon, Lord, 264, 265, 272, 273, 275
  • Custer, General, 160
  • Custis, Nellie, 191
  • Custis, widow, 12
  • Cutts, Adèle, 175
  • Cutts, James Madison, 175, 186
  • Cutts, Richard, 176, 178
  • D
  • Dallas, Alexander J., 46
  • Davezac, Major August, 83
  • Davis, Jefferson, 163
  • Decatur, Mrs., 84, 85
  • Decatur Residence, 84
  • De Staël, Madame, 57
  • De Visme, Miss, 21
  • De Visme, Mrs., 20
  • Devonshire, Duchess of, 253
  • Dix, Mrs., 145
  • Dix, Senator, 135
  • "Doughoregan," 62
  • Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A. See Adèle Cutts
  • Douglas, Stephen A., 175, 180, 182, 184
  • Downs, George F., 159
  • Downs, Mrs. George F. See Sallie Ward
  • Duddington Manor, 14
  • Duer, Lady Kitty, 289
  • Dufferin, Lady, 285, 286
  • Dufferin, Lord, 285
  • Dufferin Medical Mission, 285
  • Dundas, Hon. Mr., 57
  • E
  • Eaton, General John H., 75, 78
  • Eaton, Mrs. John H. See Margaret O'Neill
  • Eden Gardens, 285
  • Eden Park, 197
  • "Edgewood," 225, 226, 228
  • Edwards, Jonathan, 28
  • Electoral Commission, 260
  • Elgin, Lord, 278
  • Ellis, Colonel Thomas Harding, 121
  • Ellis, Mrs. Thomas Harding. See Fanny Taylor
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 266
  • Endicott, Miss Mary, 273
  • England, Bishop, 66
  • England, Queen of, 116, 239, 255, 278, 284
  • English, Miss, school of, 130
  • F
  • Federal Street Theatre, 91
  • Fife, Earl of, 243
  • Fillmore, Millard, 116
  • Five o'clock tea, 95
  • Flournoy, Miss, 149
  • Fox, Charles James, 253
  • France, Emperor of, 116
  • France, Prince Imperial of, 242
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 193
  • Franks, David, 191
  • Franks, Miss Rebecca, 190
  • Frémont, John C, 123, 130, 143
  • Frémont, Mrs. John C. See Jessie Benton
  • Frewen, Moreton, 246
  • Fuller, Margaret, 93
  • Fulton, Robert, 108, 289
  • G
  • Gallatin, Albert, 35
  • Galt, William, 119
  • Garde, de la, Count, 146
  • Garniss, Katherine, 209
  • Garrison, William Lloyd, 98
  • Gary, General, 234
  • Gilpin, Hon. Henry D., 200
  • Gilpin, Mrs. Henry D., 196
  • Gordon, General, 234
  • Gordon, Sir John Watson, 173
  • Gortschakoff, 57
  • Government House, 283
  • Grant, General, 223, 261
  • Greeley, Horace, 221
  • Green, Timothy, 36
  • Greenmount Cemetery, 60
  • Greenough, Horatio, 17
  • Gutherz, Carl, 263
  • H
  • Hall, Captain Basil, 57
  • Hamilton, Alexander, 13, 15, 20, 23, 32
  • Hamilton, Andrew, 191
  • Hampton, General Wade, 234
  • Handy, May, 233
  • Harper, Mary, 150
  • Harris, Miss, 186, 187
  • Harrison, Archibald Morgan, 120
  • Harrison, Benjamin, 121
  • Harrison, William Henry, 122, 131
  • Harte, Bret, 146
  • Haxall, Mrs. Philip, 235
  • Hayes, Rutherford B., 260, 261
  • Hayward, Mrs., seminary of, 72
  • Hazeltine, Captain William B., 258
  • Hazeltine, Nellie, 257
  • Henry, James Buchanan, 171
  • Hervey, Sir Felton Bathurst, 65
  • Hobbes, John Oliver, 254
  • Holme, Thomas, 195
  • Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 63
  • Hood, General, 234
  • Hosack, Dr., 29
  • Howard, Colonel John Eager, 45, 191
  • Howe, Lord, 278
  • Hoyt, William Sprague, 222
  • Hughes-Hallett, Colonel, 204
  • Hughes-Hallett, Mrs. See Emilie Schaumburg
  • Hunt, Dr., 158
  • Hunt, John, 158
  • Huygens, 76
  • Huygens, Mrs., 76
  • I
  • India, Viceroy of, 264
  • Inglis, Fanny, 101
  • Ireland, Governor-General of, 254
  • Ireland, Vicereine of, 264
  • Irving, Washington, 34, 108, 109
  • J
  • Jackson, Andrew, 16, 74, 82, 105, 125, 128
  • James, Henry, 254
  • Jefferson, Joseph, 111
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 15, 18, 19, 34
  • Jerome, Jennie, 239
  • Jerome, Leonard, 241
  • Jerome, Mrs. Leonard, 242
  • Jockey Club, 241
  • Johnson, Governor of Maryland, 12
  • Johnson's Band, 193
  • Johnston, General Joe, 234
  • Johnston, Henry Elliott, 174
  • Johnston, Mrs. Henry Elliott. See Harriet Lane
  • Johnston, Sir Henry, 191
  • Junot, General, 51
  • Junot, Madame, 43, 51
  • K
  • Kedleston Hall, 283
  • Key, Barton, 233
  • King, Preston, 145
  • Krudner, Baron, 76
  • L
  • Lafayette, General, 84, 106, 195
  • La Grange, Madame, 202
  • Lamartine, 104
  • Lane, Elliot, 164
  • Lane, Harriet, 161
  • Lane, Mary, 167
  • Lawrence, Bigelow, 155, 156
  • Lawrence, Hon. Abbott, 155
  • Le Camus, Alexander, 46, 54
  • Leeds, Duke of, 68
  • Leiter, Joseph, 267
  • Leiter, Levi Z., 267
  • Leiter, Mary Victoria, 264
  • Le Vert, Dr. Claud, 110
  • Le Vert, Dr. Henry S., 110
  • Le Vert, Madame. See Octavia Walton
  • Lewis, Mrs. Nellie Custis, 121
  • Leyland, Naylor, Sir Herbert, 278
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 124, 141, 143, 173, 183–185, 215, 220
  • Livingston, Chancellor, 81
  • Livingston, Cora, 80
  • Livingston, Edward, 29, 81
  • Livingston, Mrs. Edward, 16
  • Livingston, Robert, 48, 50
  • Livingstons, The, 20
  • Louis Philippe, 28
  • Louisville Guard, 154
  • Louisville Legion, 154
  • Lucas, Charles, 88
  • Ludlow, Israel, 212
  • Ludlow, Sarah, 212
  • Lyons, Mrs. James, 179
  • M
  • MacFarland, James Edward, 170
  • Mactavish, John, 68
  • Madison, James, 35, 178
  • Madison, Mrs. James, 35, 178
  • "Maine," hospital ship, 255
  • Malvern College, 250
  • Marlborough, Duchess of, 240
  • Marlborough, Duke of, 243, 247, 256
  • Marshall, Emily, 90
  • Marshall, John, 13, 33
  • Marshall, Josiah, 91
  • Marshall, Lieutenant Isaac, 92
  • Martin, Luther, 13, 34
  • Mary Institute, 257
  • Mason, John Y., 122, 270
  • McAllister, Ward, 269
  • McCall, Mr. and Mrs. John A., 236
  • McDowell, Colonel James, 127
  • McFarlane, Thomas Holme, 195
  • McLean, Mr. and Mrs. John R., 275
  • Middleton, Arthur, 16
  • Montgomery Place, 87
  • "Montplaisir," 204, 205
  • Moore, Tom, 15, 56
  • Moreau, Madame, 81
  • Morgan, Lady, 41, 56, 57
  • Morgan, Sir Charles, 57
  • Mornington, Earl of, 66
  • Morse, S. F. B., 129, 289
  • Mount Vernon, 172
  • N
  • New Orleans, society of, 83
  • New York as a Social Centre, 288
  • O
  • Octagon House, 14
  • O'Neale, Miss Ellen, 177
  • O'Neill, Margaret, 69
  • O'Neill, William, 70
  • Otis, Harrison Gray, 94
  • Otis, Mrs. Harrison Gray, 116
  • Otis, Mrs. William Foster. See Emily Marshall
  • Otis, William Foster, 100
  • Ould, Mattie, 230, 262, 263
  • Ould, Robert, 232
  • P
  • Page, Colonel James, 198
  • Page, Miss, 197
  • Page, Stephen, 197
  • Page, Thomas Nelson, 120
  • Paget, Mrs. Arthur, 255
  • Paramore, Frederick W., 263
  • Paramore, Mrs. Frederick W. See Nellie Hazeltine
  • Paramore, J. W., 263
  • Park, Dr., school of, 93
  • Parker, Gilbert, 254
  • Parker, Miss Hetty, 166, 168
  • Parsons, Colonel Richard, 216
  • Pascault, Miss Henrietta, 44
  • Patterson, Elizabeth, 39, 64
  • Patterson, Mrs. (Mary Caton), 264
  • Patterson, Robert, 49, 64, 264
  • Patterson, William, 40, 47, 48, 54, 64
  • Patti, Adelina, 200
  • Payne, Anna, 176
  • Penal Laws, 88
  • Penn, Imogene, 179
  • Perry, Commodore, 216
  • Piatt, Donn, 220
  • Picket, General, 234
  • Pierce, Franklin, 181
  • Pinckney, Edward C., 71
  • Pitt, William, 53, 253
  • Poe, Edgar Allen, 71
  • Polk, Mrs., 167
  • Polk, President, 167
  • Pope Pius, 52
  • Portland, Duke and Duchess of, 279, 280
  • Prevost, Colonel, 20
  • Prevost, Mrs., 21
  • Primrose League, 246, 247
  • Princeton College, 28
  • Q
  • Quincy, Josiah, 80
  • R
  • Ralph, Julian, 271
  • Randall, Samuel, 260
  • Randolph, John, 15, 33, 74, 126
  • Reed, Thomas B., 176
  • Reid, Whitelaw, 254
  • Republican Party, origin of, 143
  • Review, Anglo-Saxon, 254
  • Rewbell, General, 44, 45
  • "Richmond Hill," 21, 29, 31, 32
  • Ridgley, Charles, 63
  • Rives, Alexander, 118
  • Robinson, Miss Nancy, 63
  • Rosebery Cabinet, 275
  • Rosebery, Lord, 254
  • Rucker, Miss, 167
  • Rush, Madam, 111, 198
  • Rush, Richard, 65
  • Rutland, Duke of, 111
  • S
  • Salisbury, Lord, 248, 265
  • Sampoyo, Duke de, 78
  • Sandhurst, Lord and Lady, 281
  • Sargent (artist), 256
  • Scarsdale, Baron, 272
  • Schaumburg, Colonel Bartholomew, 194
  • Schaumburg, Emilie, 190
  • Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess, 197
  • Schoolcraft, Mrs. Oliver. See Mattie Ould
  • Schoolcraft, Oliver, 236
  • Schurz, Carl, 221
  • Secaneh, Indian Chief, 195
  • Shippen, Margaret, 192
  • Shubrick, Admiral, 271
  • Sickles, General Daniel, 233
  • Slidell, Mr., 109
  • Smalcalden, Princess of, 54
  • Smith, Eliza Ann, 209
  • Smith, General Samuel, 47
  • Smith, Rev. Dr. Mackay, 273
  • Spear, Dorcas, 41
  • Spear, Elizabeth, 164
  • Sprague, Governor William, 217
  • Sprague, Kate Chase, 187
  • Sprague, Mrs. William. See Kate Chase
  • Stafford, Baron, 68
  • Stanton, Edwin M., 233
  • State Fencibles (Pennsylvania), 198
  • Stewart, Gilbert, 254
  • Sturgis, Russell, 93
  • Sullivan, John, 169
  • Susahena, Indian Princess, 195
  • Sweetenham, Sir Frank, 254
  • T
  • Talbot, Bishop, 273
  • Tallahassee, naming of, 106
  • Talleyrand, 28, 57
  • Tayloes, the, 14
  • Taylor, Fanny, 118
  • Tennyson, Alfred, 170
  • Tilden, Samuel J., 259, 260
  • Timberlake, John B., 73
  • Timberlake, Virginia, 78
  • Triplett, Mary, 230, 235
  • Tureau, General, 48, 51
  • Turpin, Miss Sarah, 233
  • U
  • Union Tavern (Georgetown), 70
  • V
  • Van Buren, Martin, 76, 77, 82, 127
  • Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 108
  • Van Ness, Ann, 16
  • Van Ness, John Peter, 15
  • Van Ness, Mrs. John Peter. See Marcia Burns
  • Van Rensselaers, the, 20
  • Vaughan, British Minister, 76
  • Visitation Convent, 168
  • Volney, 28, 29
  • W
  • Wales, Prince of, 172, 173, 199, 252
  • Wales, Princess Louise of, 243
  • Wales, Princess of, 252
  • Walker, Miss Sally, 104
  • Walton, George, 103, 106
  • Walton, Octavia, 102
  • Ward, Artemus, 220
  • Ward, Robert J., 149
  • Ward, Sallie, 148
  • Warwick, Abram, 118
  • Washington City Orphan Asylum, 17
  • Washington, George, 11, 12, 22, 70
  • Washington, George Steptoe, 176
  • Washington, Martha, 121
  • Waterman, Priscilla, 92
  • Watson, Sally, 118
  • Wayne, Anthony, 160
  • Webster, Daniel, 13, 78, 82, 90
  • Welbeck Abbey, 279, 280
  • Wellesley, Lady, 264, 265
  • Wellesley, Marquis of, 66, 264, 283
  • Wellesley, Richard, 66
  • Wellington, Duke of, 65, 67
  • West, Mrs. George Cornwallis, 255.
  • Westphalia, King of, 54
  • "Wheatland," 165, 173, 174
  • White House, the, 162, 163
  • Wilcox, Mary Donalson, 87
  • William IV., 65, 67
  • Williams, General Robert, 187
  • Williams, Miss (Baroness Bodisco), 127
  • Williams, Miss Susan Mary, 59
  • Williams, Mrs. Robert. See Adèle Cutts
  • Willing, Ann. See Mrs. William Bingham
  • Willis, N. P., 98, 99
  • Wolcott, Mrs., 290
  • Wolf, Sir H. Drummond, 246
  • Wollstonecraft, Mary, 24
  • "Woodlands," 191
  • Wortley, Lady Emeline Stuart, 107, 111
  • Wurtemburg, King of, 54
  • Wurtemburg, Prince of, 57
  • Wurtemburg, Princess Catherine of, 54, 58
  • Y
  • Yorktown, Battle of, 103
  • Young, General, 231