Capital Elites: High Society in Washington, D.C., After the Civil WarSmithsonian Institution Press, 1995 - 318 páginas |
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... object but to demean him- self in his public character , in such a manner as to maintain the dignity of the office , without subjecting himself to the imputation of supercilious- ness or unnecessary reserve . " Only Adams's and ...
... object but to demean him- self in his public character , in such a manner as to maintain the dignity of the office , without subjecting himself to the imputation of supercilious- ness or unnecessary reserve . " Only Adams's and ...
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... object for size , but he never ought to stay in a private house because he requires so much attention . The Andersons ' massive Romanesque house was completed in the fall of 1883 , just in time for the social season . The interior was ...
... object for size , but he never ought to stay in a private house because he requires so much attention . The Andersons ' massive Romanesque house was completed in the fall of 1883 , just in time for the social season . The interior was ...
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American Anderson Antiques arrived Avenue Beale beautiful became began Belknap Blaine Boston Briggs Butler cabinet Capital Losses capital's Cassini Cave Dwellers century Cincinnati city's Civil Clipping Files Columbia Historical Society Congressional Dahlgren daughter decade Decatur House Democrats dinner diplomatic dollars Dolley Madison Dupont Circle entertaining etiquette federal friends George guests Hamilton Fish Henry Adams high society Horace Tabor hostess husband ibid Jaher James January John Julia Grant Kate Chase Kate Chase Sprague ladies Lafayette Square Larz Levi Leiter Library of Congress Louisa Catherine Adams mansion Manuscript Division married Mary McKinley McLean millionaire Morrill nation's capital National official society old families Olivia Letters parvenus Philadelphia Photographs Division political postwar President President's House Prints and Photographs reporter Republican residential elite rich newcomers Senator Shepherd social elite Society of Washington Southern Star Stewart street Tabor Ward Washington society Washingtonians wealthy wedding White House wife winter wives women wrote York young