Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER XXII.
GENERAL GRANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. The Inauguration Procession--Proceedings at the Capitol--Delivery of the Inaugural Address--Ball in the Treasury Department--Formation of the Cabinet--Secretary of State, Fish--Appointment of A. T. Stewart, Secretary of the Treasury--The Politicians Troubled, but Successful--Other Cabinet Officers--Army Habits in the White House --President Grant's Daily Life.