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CHAPTER XI.. Society in Jackson's Time.

Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, V. 1-2 · Benjamin Perley Poore — chapter 11 of 182 · ~27 words · public domain

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SOCIETY IN JACKSON'S TIME. The Van Ness Mansion--A Benefactress--A Popular Citizen--A Much- Talked-of Lawsuit--A Runaway Nun--General Jackson's Diplomacy-- Washington Society--Anecdotes told by Mr. Clay--Maelzel's Automata --Condemned Literature.

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