Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2

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FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS AND DOMESTIC INTRIGUE. The Central American Imbroglio--The Napier Ball--Washington Society --Fanny Kemble Butler--Democratic Revelers--The Trial of Sickles-- The Key Family--Robert Ould--Edwin M. Stanton--Other Lawyers-- Verdict of Acquittal--Anson Burlingame.