Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER XVI.
POLITICAL INTRIGUES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. Presidential Hospitalities--Social Entertainments--A Gifted Adventuress--Espy, the Weather King--A Foreign Indorsement--Van Buren's Re-election--The Ogle Speech--Van Buren's New Year's Reception.