Washington Society in the Early Republic Writings of Margaret Bayard Smith
- List Price: $34.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc
- Publish date: 12/01/2004
Description:
Smith, the wife of a Washington newspaper editor, personally knew Jefferson, Madison, and other luminaries of Washington political life, 1800 -- 1840. Her reminiscences, excerpted from her letters to intimates and friends, are a unique picture of political and social life of the period. Historians Appleby and Teute have provided a contextualizing introduction as well as annotations identifying lesser-known people mentioned in Smith's text.
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