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  • CONTENTS.
  • A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE.
  • A SOLDIER'S BURIAL.
  • LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.
  • ADVICE POLITICAL.
  • A PLEA FOR THE NEGRO.
  • AT DRY TORTUGAS.
  • STATE ASSOCIATIONS.
  • BINGHAM AND BUTLER.
  • A WEST END RECEPTION.
  • IN THE ARENA OF THE SENATE.
  • SPEAKER COLFAX.
  • THE HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
  • MRS. SENATOR WADE.
  • AT THE PRESIDENT'S LEVEE.
  • MARY CLEMMER AMES.
  • AT THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
  • HON. BENJAMIN F. WADE.
  • TWO NOTABLE WOMEN.
  • JUDGE NELSON.
  • A FAITHFUL SERVANT.
  • JOHN A. BINGHAM.
  • ANSON BURLINGAME.
  • A TALENTED QUARTETTE.
  • THE DRAGONS OF THE LOBBY.
  • PRESIDENT GRANT'S INAUGURAL.
  • PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S FAMILY.
  • SENATORIAL PEN PICTURES.
  • SENATOR SPRAGUE.
  • SEALED SISTERS OF MORMONISM.
  • AWAITING AUDIENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
  • JOHN M. BARCLAY.
  • WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
  • ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
  • ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER.
  • GATHERING OF THE STRONG-MINDED.
  • AT A COMMITTEE HEARING.
  • HONORING THE PRINCE.
  • LEVEE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
  • OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE.
  • GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN.
  • MIDWINTER SOCIETY.
  • PROFESSOR MELAH.
  • SOME SENATORIAL SCENES.
  • THE ROBESON TEA PARTY.
  • DELEGATES FROM THE SOUTHLAND.
  • THE TREASURY TRIO.
  • VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.
  • SPREADING THE LIGHT.
  • AN OPPOSING PETITION.
  • UPHOLDING THE BANNER.
  • CHAMPIONS OF THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE.
  • MRS. GRANT'S TUESDAY AFTERNOONS.
  • DYING SCENES OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
  • PRAISE FOR DEPARTING LEGISLATORS.
  • THE BLACK MAN IN CONGRESS.
  • BY THE GRACE OF THE QUEEN.
  • A DISSERTATION ON DRESS.
  • MEETING OF OCCIDENT AND ORIENT.
  • THE PUBLIC GREET THE JAPANESE.
  • SAMUEL F. B. MORSE.
  • ON THE PROMENADE.
  • CHARLES SUMNER.
  • WOMAN'S INFLUENCE FOR GOOD.
  • THE KING REUNIONS.
  • CARL SCHURZ.
  • ON CAPITOL HILL.
  • GEORGETOWN ARISTOCRACY.
  • SENATORS EDMUNDS AND CARPENTER.
  • HOME LIFE OF MRS. GRANT.
  • THE GREAT REAPER
  • CLOSING SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
  • A MATRIMONIAL REGISTER.
  • BACHELORS AND WIDOWERS.
  • THE BOTANIC GARDEN.
  • WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS COMPARED.
  • VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
  • KATE CHASE SPRAGUE.
  • LACK OF A LEADER.
  • BEN HILL AND ROSCOE CONKLING.
  • PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CABINET DAY.
  • A NEW YEAR RECEPTION.
  • AT THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU.
  • ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

    • Emily Edson Briggs, The Olivia letters; being some history of Washington city for forty years as told by the letters of a newspaper correspondent

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    THE OLIVIA LETTERS




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