Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER XXIII.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. The Accidental President--Virginia Hospitality--Second-Hand Style --The Pathfinder's Marriage--Baron de Bodisco, of Russia--Mr. Fox, of Great Britain--The Author of "Sweet Home"--The Daguerreotype-- The Electric Telegraph--The New York Tribune--Resignation of Mr. Webster--Reconstruction of the Cabinet--Fatal Accident on the Princeton--Marriage of President Tyler.