FOOTNOTES:[1]Life of Binney, 104.[2]Benton’s explanation of the delay of the Bank messenger with the petition for a recharter.Thirty Years’ View.[3]Van Buren to Butler,Retrospect of Forty Years, by Butler, 39-43.[4]Washington Globe, Nov. 17, 1832.[5]Thomas Hamilton,Men and Manners in America, 14.[6]Harriet Martineau,Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 143.[7]Retrospect of Forty Years, 47.[8]The present site of the National Hotel.[9]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,I, 53-54.[10]On the site of the present Metropolitan.[11]Perley’sReminiscences,I, 43.[12]Present site of the Willard.[13]Retrospect of Forty Years, 48.[14]N. P. Willis,American Scenery,III, 49.[15]Men and Manners in America, 20, note.[16]Four o’clock.[17]Men and Manners, 20.[18]Frederick Seward’sReminiscences, 17-19.[19]American Scenery,III, 49.[20]Men and Manners, 17.[21]Public Men and Events,I, 54.[22]American Scenery,II, 55.[23]Captain Marryat,A Diary in America, 163.[24]Public Men and Events,I, 55.[25]Public Men and Events,I, 54.[26]Life of Crawford, 183.[27]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 160.[28]Ibid.,I, 144.[29]Public Men and Events,I, 54.[30]Godfrey T. Vigne, inSix Months in America, thought that “in the distance” Arlington “has the appearance of a superior English country residence.”[31]The Octagon House still standing and being preserved by the Institute of American Architects.[32]Men and Manners, 75.[33]Miss Martineau tells of visits to the museum and the skylight,I, 159.[34]William H. Seward’sAutobiography,I, 277.[35]Ibid.[36]Miss Martineau comments severely upon the levity of the women,I, 180.[37]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 179.[38]Men and Manners, 16.[39]Ibid., 65.[40]Six Months in America, 64.[41]Both Hamilton (Men and Manners) and Vigne, the English barrister (Six Months in America), were shocked at the utter lack of respect for the dignity of American courts, but were impressed with the solemnity and decorum in the Supreme Court.[42]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 165.[43]Men and Manners, 21.[44]Senator Tazewell of Virginia was one of these.[45]Van Buren to Butler,Retrospect of Forty Years, 39-43.[46]National Intelligencer, Jan. 30, 1831, advertised a house in Georgetown on Gay Street, “convenient for the accommodation of a genteel family, having all necessary outhouses, stabling, etc.,” for $300 a year payable quarterly.[47]Public Men and Events,I, 55.[48]Hamilton, inMen and Manners, comments severely upon this incongruity.[49]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 143.[50]Peggy Eaton and Mrs. Hugh Lawson White.[51]Retrospect of Forty Years, 59.[52]Near Fourteenth Street on the north side of the street.[53]Adams’sMemoirs, March 8, 1834.[54]Ibid., March 11, 1834.[55]Ibid., March 12, 1834.[56]Mrs. Margaret Bayard Smith, who recorded it inFirst Forty Years of American Society, Jan. 12, 1835, thought it exaggerated.[57]Mrs. Seaton, wife of the editor of theIntelligencer.[58]Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe lived in the house still standing on Lafayette Square, known in recent years as “The Little White House.” She was a famous hostess. President W. H. Harrison contracted the cold that killed him while walking through the slush from the White House to the Tayloes’ to offer a diplomatic post to the master of the house.[59]First Forty Years, 356.[60]Ibid., 368.[61]Men and Manners, 17.[62]Irving to Van Buren, Van Buren’sAutobiography, 610.[63]Letters and Times.[64]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 107.[65]Story to Sarah Waldo Story,Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.[66]Story wrote the following lines to Miss Kemble:“Genius and taste and feeling all combineTo make each province of the drama thine.She first to Fancy’s bright creation givesThe very form and soul; it breathes—it lives.She next with grace inimitable playsIn every gesture, action, tone and gaze.The last to nature lends its subtlest artAnd warms and wins and thrills and melts the heart.Go, lovely woman, go. Enjoy thy fame.A second Kemble with a deathless name.”Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.[67]Hone’sDiary, March 3, 1834.[68]“The public is most respectfully informed that, in consequence of the weather, the performance advertised for Thursday is postponed until Saturday evening, September 17th, 1831.” (National Intelligencer, Sept. 17, 1831.) “The Tyrolese Minstrels have to announce that, in consequence of the severity of the weather, their concert which was advertised for Saturday will be deferred until Monday evening.” (Ibid., Dec. 19. 1831.)[69]Advertisement in theGlobe.[70]Life of Binney, 127.[71]Quincy’sFigures of the Past.[72]This charge was made on the floor by Henry A. Wise.[73]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 120.[74]Men and Manners, 20.[75]American Scenery,II, 50.[76]Diary in America, 163.[77]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 143.[78]A. Lafore, a coiffeur from Paris, had his establishment at Mrs. Doynes’s millinery store on the Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets, and advertised his skill in the local papers.National Intelligencer, Jan. 1, 1831.[79]First Forty Years, Jan. 26, 1830.[80]National Intelligencer, Jan. 2, 1831.[81]National Intelligencer, Feb. 16, 1831.[82]Miss Martineau thus describes the life of a lady of fashion,Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 145.[83]First Forty Years, Nov. 7, 1831.[84]Quoted by Ellet inCourt Circles of the Republic, 163 n.[85]Letter to Mrs. Sarah Waldo Story,Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.[86]Figures of the Past.[87]Mrs. Wharton’sSocial Life of the Republic, 139, 179.[88]First Forty Years, Aug. 29, 1831.[89]Ellet’sCourt Circles of the Republic, 226.[90]A poet describing one of the Adams parties referred to “Forsyth with her group of graces”—her beautiful daughters.[91]Retrospect of Forty Years, 60.[92]Quincy, inFigures of the Past, was thus impressed, particularly with the daughter of Calhoun.[93]These descriptions of Miss Martineau’s are in harmony with those that sprinkle the pages of Mrs. Smith’s work.[94]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Miss Martineau’sRetrospect of Western Travel, and Adams’sDiaryall indicate a gossipy city.[95]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 152.[96]The original from “Alphonse” in possession of Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.[97]This, too, in the possession of Waddy Wood.[98]Court Circles of the Republic, 180.[99]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 168.[100]Retrospect of Forty Years, 60.[101]Mary C. Crawford,Romantic Days of the Early Republic, 207.[102]Francis Blair’s description, quoted in Rufus RockwellWilson’s Washington, the Capital City.[103]Hamilton, inMen and Manners, describes such garb at a ball given by the French Minister to the members of Congress.[104]First Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.[105]Butler, in hisRetrospect of Forty Years, refers to this peculiarity of Fox’s (p. 61), and Bodisco, who gave the most brilliant dinners and dances, figured in the celebrated marriage to a girl of seventeen during Van Buren’s Administration.[106]Washington Globe, Feb. 1, 1833, announces these operas with Miss Hughes and Mrs. Anderson in leading rôles.[107]Advertisement inWashington Globe.[108]Announcing the opening of a spring school, and commenting on the general preference for the spring over the winter term, Carusi, in theGlobeof Jan. 3, 1831, explained the disadvantages of the winter term to be “the disagreeable and long walks ... the frequent inclemency of the weather, and the liability of sickness from exposure.”[109]Advertisement of Birchard & Company’s Shows,Washington Globe, June 13, 1833.[110]Chapman had not then been given the contract for the historical paintings in the Capitol rotunda, and exhibited fifty paintings on Pennsylvania Avenue, near Fourth Street, in the winter of 1833, charging twenty-five cents for admission and a catalogue. His advertisement in theGlobe, Jan. 21.[111]Retrospect of Forty Years.[112]Six Months in America, 101.[113]Figures of the Past.[114]Weed’sAutobiography, 308-09.[115]Bradley’sLife of Isaac Hill. This circular may be seen in the Congressional Library.[116]Johnston and Woodburn’sAmerican Political History.[117]Adams’sMemoirs.[118]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.[119]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.[120]Ibid., Jan. 12, 1829.[121]Ibid.[122]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.[123]Webster’sCorrespondence.[124]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.[125]Buell, in hisLife of Jackson, says he went to the Indian Queen, “where he was temporarily domiciled.” Mrs. Smith and President Adams, who were on the ground, agree that he stopped at Gadsby’s. It is possible that he went first to the Indian Queen and then removed to Gadsby’s.[126]Webster’sCorrespondence.[127]Wirt wrote Monroe asking his advice about resigning, and Monroe advised this course, but expressed the opinion that Jackson would not want to dispense with his services.[128]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 96.[129]Amos Kendall’sAutobiography.[130]Later in the Cabinet.[131]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 283.[132]Adams, Crawford, and Calhoun.[133]Van Buren was thus known in his day.[134]Van Buren in hisAutobiographyascribes his selection to the party managers.[135]See letter of Tazewell to Ritchie regarding the establishment of a party organ in Washington in Ambler’sLife of Thomas Ritchie.[136]See Hamilton’sReminiscences, 101.[137]Seeibid., p. 97, on Ingham’s original ambition.[138]Hamilton, in hisReminiscences, p. 99, makes this unqualified statement. Professor Bassett, in his admirableLife of Jackson, p. 416, says that Jackson told Calhoun to notify the delegation of his willingness to see them. Knowing the delegation to be opposed to the man he favored, and to prefer Van Buren’s candidate, it seems more probable that Hamilton was the emissary and not the Carolinian.[139]The Carolinian’s opposition to Ingham was due to his tariff views.[140]From speech of Branch, quoted in Haywood’s brochure on Branch, pp. 14-15.[141]Adams knew of McLean’s treachery, and in hisMemoirsdenounces him bitterly.[142]Adams’sMemoirs, Feb. 24, 1829.[143]Ibid., Feb. 28, 1829.[144]Wilson’sWashington, the Capital City,I, 251.[145]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 295.[146]Adams’sMemoirs, March 4, 1829.[147]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 98.[148]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,I, 165-66.[149]Hamilton, in hisReminiscences, p. 100, tells of his report to Jackson on Barry’s application.[150]Hamilton. See Hamilton’sReminiscences, 90-91.[151]Mrs. Smith thus writes in theFirst Forty Years, and her salon was the center of Whig gossip.[152]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.[153]Adams’sMemoirs, March 14, 1829.[154]First Forty Years, March 12, 1829.[155]Adams’sMemoirs, March 12, 1829.[156]American Statesmen Series.[157]Adams’sMemoirs, April 4, 1829.
FOOTNOTES:
[1]Life of Binney, 104.
[1]Life of Binney, 104.
[2]Benton’s explanation of the delay of the Bank messenger with the petition for a recharter.Thirty Years’ View.
[2]Benton’s explanation of the delay of the Bank messenger with the petition for a recharter.Thirty Years’ View.
[3]Van Buren to Butler,Retrospect of Forty Years, by Butler, 39-43.
[3]Van Buren to Butler,Retrospect of Forty Years, by Butler, 39-43.
[4]Washington Globe, Nov. 17, 1832.
[4]Washington Globe, Nov. 17, 1832.
[5]Thomas Hamilton,Men and Manners in America, 14.
[5]Thomas Hamilton,Men and Manners in America, 14.
[6]Harriet Martineau,Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 143.
[6]Harriet Martineau,Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 143.
[7]Retrospect of Forty Years, 47.
[7]Retrospect of Forty Years, 47.
[8]The present site of the National Hotel.
[8]The present site of the National Hotel.
[9]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,I, 53-54.
[9]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,I, 53-54.
[10]On the site of the present Metropolitan.
[10]On the site of the present Metropolitan.
[11]Perley’sReminiscences,I, 43.
[11]Perley’sReminiscences,I, 43.
[12]Present site of the Willard.
[12]Present site of the Willard.
[13]Retrospect of Forty Years, 48.
[13]Retrospect of Forty Years, 48.
[14]N. P. Willis,American Scenery,III, 49.
[14]N. P. Willis,American Scenery,III, 49.
[15]Men and Manners in America, 20, note.
[15]Men and Manners in America, 20, note.
[16]Four o’clock.
[16]Four o’clock.
[17]Men and Manners, 20.
[17]Men and Manners, 20.
[18]Frederick Seward’sReminiscences, 17-19.
[18]Frederick Seward’sReminiscences, 17-19.
[19]American Scenery,III, 49.
[19]American Scenery,III, 49.
[20]Men and Manners, 17.
[20]Men and Manners, 17.
[21]Public Men and Events,I, 54.
[21]Public Men and Events,I, 54.
[22]American Scenery,II, 55.
[22]American Scenery,II, 55.
[23]Captain Marryat,A Diary in America, 163.
[23]Captain Marryat,A Diary in America, 163.
[24]Public Men and Events,I, 55.
[24]Public Men and Events,I, 55.
[25]Public Men and Events,I, 54.
[25]Public Men and Events,I, 54.
[26]Life of Crawford, 183.
[26]Life of Crawford, 183.
[27]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 160.
[27]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 160.
[28]Ibid.,I, 144.
[28]Ibid.,I, 144.
[29]Public Men and Events,I, 54.
[29]Public Men and Events,I, 54.
[30]Godfrey T. Vigne, inSix Months in America, thought that “in the distance” Arlington “has the appearance of a superior English country residence.”
[30]Godfrey T. Vigne, inSix Months in America, thought that “in the distance” Arlington “has the appearance of a superior English country residence.”
[31]The Octagon House still standing and being preserved by the Institute of American Architects.
[31]The Octagon House still standing and being preserved by the Institute of American Architects.
[32]Men and Manners, 75.
[32]Men and Manners, 75.
[33]Miss Martineau tells of visits to the museum and the skylight,I, 159.
[33]Miss Martineau tells of visits to the museum and the skylight,I, 159.
[34]William H. Seward’sAutobiography,I, 277.
[34]William H. Seward’sAutobiography,I, 277.
[35]Ibid.
[35]Ibid.
[36]Miss Martineau comments severely upon the levity of the women,I, 180.
[36]Miss Martineau comments severely upon the levity of the women,I, 180.
[37]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 179.
[37]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 179.
[38]Men and Manners, 16.
[38]Men and Manners, 16.
[39]Ibid., 65.
[39]Ibid., 65.
[40]Six Months in America, 64.
[40]Six Months in America, 64.
[41]Both Hamilton (Men and Manners) and Vigne, the English barrister (Six Months in America), were shocked at the utter lack of respect for the dignity of American courts, but were impressed with the solemnity and decorum in the Supreme Court.
[41]Both Hamilton (Men and Manners) and Vigne, the English barrister (Six Months in America), were shocked at the utter lack of respect for the dignity of American courts, but were impressed with the solemnity and decorum in the Supreme Court.
[42]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 165.
[42]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 165.
[43]Men and Manners, 21.
[43]Men and Manners, 21.
[44]Senator Tazewell of Virginia was one of these.
[44]Senator Tazewell of Virginia was one of these.
[45]Van Buren to Butler,Retrospect of Forty Years, 39-43.
[45]Van Buren to Butler,Retrospect of Forty Years, 39-43.
[46]National Intelligencer, Jan. 30, 1831, advertised a house in Georgetown on Gay Street, “convenient for the accommodation of a genteel family, having all necessary outhouses, stabling, etc.,” for $300 a year payable quarterly.
[46]National Intelligencer, Jan. 30, 1831, advertised a house in Georgetown on Gay Street, “convenient for the accommodation of a genteel family, having all necessary outhouses, stabling, etc.,” for $300 a year payable quarterly.
[47]Public Men and Events,I, 55.
[47]Public Men and Events,I, 55.
[48]Hamilton, inMen and Manners, comments severely upon this incongruity.
[48]Hamilton, inMen and Manners, comments severely upon this incongruity.
[49]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 143.
[49]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 143.
[50]Peggy Eaton and Mrs. Hugh Lawson White.
[50]Peggy Eaton and Mrs. Hugh Lawson White.
[51]Retrospect of Forty Years, 59.
[51]Retrospect of Forty Years, 59.
[52]Near Fourteenth Street on the north side of the street.
[52]Near Fourteenth Street on the north side of the street.
[53]Adams’sMemoirs, March 8, 1834.
[53]Adams’sMemoirs, March 8, 1834.
[54]Ibid., March 11, 1834.
[54]Ibid., March 11, 1834.
[55]Ibid., March 12, 1834.
[55]Ibid., March 12, 1834.
[56]Mrs. Margaret Bayard Smith, who recorded it inFirst Forty Years of American Society, Jan. 12, 1835, thought it exaggerated.
[56]Mrs. Margaret Bayard Smith, who recorded it inFirst Forty Years of American Society, Jan. 12, 1835, thought it exaggerated.
[57]Mrs. Seaton, wife of the editor of theIntelligencer.
[57]Mrs. Seaton, wife of the editor of theIntelligencer.
[58]Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe lived in the house still standing on Lafayette Square, known in recent years as “The Little White House.” She was a famous hostess. President W. H. Harrison contracted the cold that killed him while walking through the slush from the White House to the Tayloes’ to offer a diplomatic post to the master of the house.
[58]Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe lived in the house still standing on Lafayette Square, known in recent years as “The Little White House.” She was a famous hostess. President W. H. Harrison contracted the cold that killed him while walking through the slush from the White House to the Tayloes’ to offer a diplomatic post to the master of the house.
[59]First Forty Years, 356.
[59]First Forty Years, 356.
[60]Ibid., 368.
[60]Ibid., 368.
[61]Men and Manners, 17.
[61]Men and Manners, 17.
[62]Irving to Van Buren, Van Buren’sAutobiography, 610.
[62]Irving to Van Buren, Van Buren’sAutobiography, 610.
[63]Letters and Times.
[63]Letters and Times.
[64]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 107.
[64]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 107.
[65]Story to Sarah Waldo Story,Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
[65]Story to Sarah Waldo Story,Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
[66]Story wrote the following lines to Miss Kemble:“Genius and taste and feeling all combineTo make each province of the drama thine.She first to Fancy’s bright creation givesThe very form and soul; it breathes—it lives.She next with grace inimitable playsIn every gesture, action, tone and gaze.The last to nature lends its subtlest artAnd warms and wins and thrills and melts the heart.Go, lovely woman, go. Enjoy thy fame.A second Kemble with a deathless name.”Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
[66]Story wrote the following lines to Miss Kemble:
“Genius and taste and feeling all combineTo make each province of the drama thine.She first to Fancy’s bright creation givesThe very form and soul; it breathes—it lives.She next with grace inimitable playsIn every gesture, action, tone and gaze.The last to nature lends its subtlest artAnd warms and wins and thrills and melts the heart.Go, lovely woman, go. Enjoy thy fame.A second Kemble with a deathless name.”Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
“Genius and taste and feeling all combineTo make each province of the drama thine.She first to Fancy’s bright creation givesThe very form and soul; it breathes—it lives.She next with grace inimitable playsIn every gesture, action, tone and gaze.The last to nature lends its subtlest artAnd warms and wins and thrills and melts the heart.Go, lovely woman, go. Enjoy thy fame.A second Kemble with a deathless name.”Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
“Genius and taste and feeling all combineTo make each province of the drama thine.She first to Fancy’s bright creation givesThe very form and soul; it breathes—it lives.She next with grace inimitable playsIn every gesture, action, tone and gaze.The last to nature lends its subtlest artAnd warms and wins and thrills and melts the heart.Go, lovely woman, go. Enjoy thy fame.A second Kemble with a deathless name.”Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
[67]Hone’sDiary, March 3, 1834.
[67]Hone’sDiary, March 3, 1834.
[68]“The public is most respectfully informed that, in consequence of the weather, the performance advertised for Thursday is postponed until Saturday evening, September 17th, 1831.” (National Intelligencer, Sept. 17, 1831.) “The Tyrolese Minstrels have to announce that, in consequence of the severity of the weather, their concert which was advertised for Saturday will be deferred until Monday evening.” (Ibid., Dec. 19. 1831.)
[68]“The public is most respectfully informed that, in consequence of the weather, the performance advertised for Thursday is postponed until Saturday evening, September 17th, 1831.” (National Intelligencer, Sept. 17, 1831.) “The Tyrolese Minstrels have to announce that, in consequence of the severity of the weather, their concert which was advertised for Saturday will be deferred until Monday evening.” (Ibid., Dec. 19. 1831.)
[69]Advertisement in theGlobe.
[69]Advertisement in theGlobe.
[70]Life of Binney, 127.
[70]Life of Binney, 127.
[71]Quincy’sFigures of the Past.
[71]Quincy’sFigures of the Past.
[72]This charge was made on the floor by Henry A. Wise.
[72]This charge was made on the floor by Henry A. Wise.
[73]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 120.
[73]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 120.
[74]Men and Manners, 20.
[74]Men and Manners, 20.
[75]American Scenery,II, 50.
[75]American Scenery,II, 50.
[76]Diary in America, 163.
[76]Diary in America, 163.
[77]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 143.
[77]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 143.
[78]A. Lafore, a coiffeur from Paris, had his establishment at Mrs. Doynes’s millinery store on the Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets, and advertised his skill in the local papers.National Intelligencer, Jan. 1, 1831.
[78]A. Lafore, a coiffeur from Paris, had his establishment at Mrs. Doynes’s millinery store on the Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets, and advertised his skill in the local papers.National Intelligencer, Jan. 1, 1831.
[79]First Forty Years, Jan. 26, 1830.
[79]First Forty Years, Jan. 26, 1830.
[80]National Intelligencer, Jan. 2, 1831.
[80]National Intelligencer, Jan. 2, 1831.
[81]National Intelligencer, Feb. 16, 1831.
[81]National Intelligencer, Feb. 16, 1831.
[82]Miss Martineau thus describes the life of a lady of fashion,Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 145.
[82]Miss Martineau thus describes the life of a lady of fashion,Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 145.
[83]First Forty Years, Nov. 7, 1831.
[83]First Forty Years, Nov. 7, 1831.
[84]Quoted by Ellet inCourt Circles of the Republic, 163 n.
[84]Quoted by Ellet inCourt Circles of the Republic, 163 n.
[85]Letter to Mrs. Sarah Waldo Story,Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
[85]Letter to Mrs. Sarah Waldo Story,Life and Letters of Story,II, 117.
[86]Figures of the Past.
[86]Figures of the Past.
[87]Mrs. Wharton’sSocial Life of the Republic, 139, 179.
[87]Mrs. Wharton’sSocial Life of the Republic, 139, 179.
[88]First Forty Years, Aug. 29, 1831.
[88]First Forty Years, Aug. 29, 1831.
[89]Ellet’sCourt Circles of the Republic, 226.
[89]Ellet’sCourt Circles of the Republic, 226.
[90]A poet describing one of the Adams parties referred to “Forsyth with her group of graces”—her beautiful daughters.
[90]A poet describing one of the Adams parties referred to “Forsyth with her group of graces”—her beautiful daughters.
[91]Retrospect of Forty Years, 60.
[91]Retrospect of Forty Years, 60.
[92]Quincy, inFigures of the Past, was thus impressed, particularly with the daughter of Calhoun.
[92]Quincy, inFigures of the Past, was thus impressed, particularly with the daughter of Calhoun.
[93]These descriptions of Miss Martineau’s are in harmony with those that sprinkle the pages of Mrs. Smith’s work.
[93]These descriptions of Miss Martineau’s are in harmony with those that sprinkle the pages of Mrs. Smith’s work.
[94]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Miss Martineau’sRetrospect of Western Travel, and Adams’sDiaryall indicate a gossipy city.
[94]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Miss Martineau’sRetrospect of Western Travel, and Adams’sDiaryall indicate a gossipy city.
[95]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 152.
[95]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 152.
[96]The original from “Alphonse” in possession of Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.
[96]The original from “Alphonse” in possession of Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.
[97]This, too, in the possession of Waddy Wood.
[97]This, too, in the possession of Waddy Wood.
[98]Court Circles of the Republic, 180.
[98]Court Circles of the Republic, 180.
[99]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 168.
[99]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 168.
[100]Retrospect of Forty Years, 60.
[100]Retrospect of Forty Years, 60.
[101]Mary C. Crawford,Romantic Days of the Early Republic, 207.
[101]Mary C. Crawford,Romantic Days of the Early Republic, 207.
[102]Francis Blair’s description, quoted in Rufus RockwellWilson’s Washington, the Capital City.
[102]Francis Blair’s description, quoted in Rufus RockwellWilson’s Washington, the Capital City.
[103]Hamilton, inMen and Manners, describes such garb at a ball given by the French Minister to the members of Congress.
[103]Hamilton, inMen and Manners, describes such garb at a ball given by the French Minister to the members of Congress.
[104]First Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.
[104]First Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.
[105]Butler, in hisRetrospect of Forty Years, refers to this peculiarity of Fox’s (p. 61), and Bodisco, who gave the most brilliant dinners and dances, figured in the celebrated marriage to a girl of seventeen during Van Buren’s Administration.
[105]Butler, in hisRetrospect of Forty Years, refers to this peculiarity of Fox’s (p. 61), and Bodisco, who gave the most brilliant dinners and dances, figured in the celebrated marriage to a girl of seventeen during Van Buren’s Administration.
[106]Washington Globe, Feb. 1, 1833, announces these operas with Miss Hughes and Mrs. Anderson in leading rôles.
[106]Washington Globe, Feb. 1, 1833, announces these operas with Miss Hughes and Mrs. Anderson in leading rôles.
[107]Advertisement inWashington Globe.
[107]Advertisement inWashington Globe.
[108]Announcing the opening of a spring school, and commenting on the general preference for the spring over the winter term, Carusi, in theGlobeof Jan. 3, 1831, explained the disadvantages of the winter term to be “the disagreeable and long walks ... the frequent inclemency of the weather, and the liability of sickness from exposure.”
[108]Announcing the opening of a spring school, and commenting on the general preference for the spring over the winter term, Carusi, in theGlobeof Jan. 3, 1831, explained the disadvantages of the winter term to be “the disagreeable and long walks ... the frequent inclemency of the weather, and the liability of sickness from exposure.”
[109]Advertisement of Birchard & Company’s Shows,Washington Globe, June 13, 1833.
[109]Advertisement of Birchard & Company’s Shows,Washington Globe, June 13, 1833.
[110]Chapman had not then been given the contract for the historical paintings in the Capitol rotunda, and exhibited fifty paintings on Pennsylvania Avenue, near Fourth Street, in the winter of 1833, charging twenty-five cents for admission and a catalogue. His advertisement in theGlobe, Jan. 21.
[110]Chapman had not then been given the contract for the historical paintings in the Capitol rotunda, and exhibited fifty paintings on Pennsylvania Avenue, near Fourth Street, in the winter of 1833, charging twenty-five cents for admission and a catalogue. His advertisement in theGlobe, Jan. 21.
[111]Retrospect of Forty Years.
[111]Retrospect of Forty Years.
[112]Six Months in America, 101.
[112]Six Months in America, 101.
[113]Figures of the Past.
[113]Figures of the Past.
[114]Weed’sAutobiography, 308-09.
[114]Weed’sAutobiography, 308-09.
[115]Bradley’sLife of Isaac Hill. This circular may be seen in the Congressional Library.
[115]Bradley’sLife of Isaac Hill. This circular may be seen in the Congressional Library.
[116]Johnston and Woodburn’sAmerican Political History.
[116]Johnston and Woodburn’sAmerican Political History.
[117]Adams’sMemoirs.
[117]Adams’sMemoirs.
[118]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.
[118]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.
[119]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.
[119]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, Jan. 1, 1829.
[120]Ibid., Jan. 12, 1829.
[120]Ibid., Jan. 12, 1829.
[121]Ibid.
[121]Ibid.
[122]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.
[122]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.
[123]Webster’sCorrespondence.
[123]Webster’sCorrespondence.
[124]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.
[124]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.
[125]Buell, in hisLife of Jackson, says he went to the Indian Queen, “where he was temporarily domiciled.” Mrs. Smith and President Adams, who were on the ground, agree that he stopped at Gadsby’s. It is possible that he went first to the Indian Queen and then removed to Gadsby’s.
[125]Buell, in hisLife of Jackson, says he went to the Indian Queen, “where he was temporarily domiciled.” Mrs. Smith and President Adams, who were on the ground, agree that he stopped at Gadsby’s. It is possible that he went first to the Indian Queen and then removed to Gadsby’s.
[126]Webster’sCorrespondence.
[126]Webster’sCorrespondence.
[127]Wirt wrote Monroe asking his advice about resigning, and Monroe advised this course, but expressed the opinion that Jackson would not want to dispense with his services.
[127]Wirt wrote Monroe asking his advice about resigning, and Monroe advised this course, but expressed the opinion that Jackson would not want to dispense with his services.
[128]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 96.
[128]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 96.
[129]Amos Kendall’sAutobiography.
[129]Amos Kendall’sAutobiography.
[130]Later in the Cabinet.
[130]Later in the Cabinet.
[131]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 283.
[131]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 283.
[132]Adams, Crawford, and Calhoun.
[132]Adams, Crawford, and Calhoun.
[133]Van Buren was thus known in his day.
[133]Van Buren was thus known in his day.
[134]Van Buren in hisAutobiographyascribes his selection to the party managers.
[134]Van Buren in hisAutobiographyascribes his selection to the party managers.
[135]See letter of Tazewell to Ritchie regarding the establishment of a party organ in Washington in Ambler’sLife of Thomas Ritchie.
[135]See letter of Tazewell to Ritchie regarding the establishment of a party organ in Washington in Ambler’sLife of Thomas Ritchie.
[136]See Hamilton’sReminiscences, 101.
[136]See Hamilton’sReminiscences, 101.
[137]Seeibid., p. 97, on Ingham’s original ambition.
[137]Seeibid., p. 97, on Ingham’s original ambition.
[138]Hamilton, in hisReminiscences, p. 99, makes this unqualified statement. Professor Bassett, in his admirableLife of Jackson, p. 416, says that Jackson told Calhoun to notify the delegation of his willingness to see them. Knowing the delegation to be opposed to the man he favored, and to prefer Van Buren’s candidate, it seems more probable that Hamilton was the emissary and not the Carolinian.
[138]Hamilton, in hisReminiscences, p. 99, makes this unqualified statement. Professor Bassett, in his admirableLife of Jackson, p. 416, says that Jackson told Calhoun to notify the delegation of his willingness to see them. Knowing the delegation to be opposed to the man he favored, and to prefer Van Buren’s candidate, it seems more probable that Hamilton was the emissary and not the Carolinian.
[139]The Carolinian’s opposition to Ingham was due to his tariff views.
[139]The Carolinian’s opposition to Ingham was due to his tariff views.
[140]From speech of Branch, quoted in Haywood’s brochure on Branch, pp. 14-15.
[140]From speech of Branch, quoted in Haywood’s brochure on Branch, pp. 14-15.
[141]Adams knew of McLean’s treachery, and in hisMemoirsdenounces him bitterly.
[141]Adams knew of McLean’s treachery, and in hisMemoirsdenounces him bitterly.
[142]Adams’sMemoirs, Feb. 24, 1829.
[142]Adams’sMemoirs, Feb. 24, 1829.
[143]Ibid., Feb. 28, 1829.
[143]Ibid., Feb. 28, 1829.
[144]Wilson’sWashington, the Capital City,I, 251.
[144]Wilson’sWashington, the Capital City,I, 251.
[145]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 295.
[145]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 295.
[146]Adams’sMemoirs, March 4, 1829.
[146]Adams’sMemoirs, March 4, 1829.
[147]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 98.
[147]Perley’s Reminiscences,I, 98.
[148]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,I, 165-66.
[148]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,I, 165-66.
[149]Hamilton, in hisReminiscences, p. 100, tells of his report to Jackson on Barry’s application.
[149]Hamilton, in hisReminiscences, p. 100, tells of his report to Jackson on Barry’s application.
[150]Hamilton. See Hamilton’sReminiscences, 90-91.
[150]Hamilton. See Hamilton’sReminiscences, 90-91.
[151]Mrs. Smith thus writes in theFirst Forty Years, and her salon was the center of Whig gossip.
[151]Mrs. Smith thus writes in theFirst Forty Years, and her salon was the center of Whig gossip.
[152]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.
[152]Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years.
[153]Adams’sMemoirs, March 14, 1829.
[153]Adams’sMemoirs, March 14, 1829.
[154]First Forty Years, March 12, 1829.
[154]First Forty Years, March 12, 1829.
[155]Adams’sMemoirs, March 12, 1829.
[155]Adams’sMemoirs, March 12, 1829.
[156]American Statesmen Series.
[156]American Statesmen Series.
[157]Adams’sMemoirs, April 4, 1829.
[157]Adams’sMemoirs, April 4, 1829.