Perley S Reminiscences Of Sixty Years In The National Metropoli
Chapter 11
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.