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.
  
  • See Elizabeth Patterson
• 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.
  
  • See Jennie Jerome
• 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