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THE OLIVIA LETTERS
Emily Edson Briggs.
“Olivia,”
“Olivia,”
THE OLIVIA LETTERS
Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years asTold by the Letters of a Newspaper Correspondent
By
EMILY EDSON BRIGGS
New York and Washington
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1906
Copyright, 1906, by
EMILY EDSON BRIGGS
CONTENTS.
| A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE, | 7 |
| A SOLDIER’S BURIAL, | 10 |
| LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY, | 14 |
| ADVICE POLITICAL, | 18 |
| A PLEA FOR THE NEGRO, | 22 |
| AT DRY TORTUGAS, | 26 |
| STATE ASSOCIATIONS, | 30 |
| BINGHAM AND BUTLER, | 34 |
| A WEST END RECEPTION, | 37 |
| IN THE ARENA OF THE SENATE, | 42 |
| SPEAKER COLFAX, | 45 |
| THE HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT, | 48 |
| MRS. SENATOR WADE, | 52 |
| AT THE PRESIDENT’S LEVEE, | 55 |
| MARY CLEMMER AMES, | 59 |
| AT THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, | 62 |
| HON. BENJAMIN F. WADE, | 66 |
| TWO NOTABLE WOMEN, | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |