Court Circles of the Republic…
Profiles Of Influential First Ladies
[Anthologies]. Ellet, Mrs. E.F. Court Circles of the Republic, Or the Beauties and Celebrities of the Nation; Illustrating Life and Society Under Eighteen Presidents; Describing the Social Features of the Successive Administrations from Washington to Grant...Illustrated with Original Portraits, splendidly Engraved on Steel. With Sketches by Mrs. R.E. Mack. Hartford, CT: Sold by Subscription Only [by the] Hartford Publishing Co., 1871.
Thick 8vo.; engraved frontispiece; other engravings throughout; green calf, elaborately stamped in gilt; a.e.g.; covers faintly worn, tips lightly rubbed; a very pretty copy.
First edition. A century before the advent of Hillary Clinton, this encyclopedic tome discusses the power and influence of the woman behind the man who is President. Includes chapters on the administrations of Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, and Grant. Contains detailed anecdotes about the first ladies in each early U.S. administration. Many illustrations.
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