. Book of the Royal blue . *-*:^. THK KEY MANSION. OCTAGON HOUSE. plaint was carried to President Lincoln thatsome of the acts of the imperious Secretarywere illegal. He replied : Yes, that is so;Stanton does things I would not dare to do,but some one has to, and he is Brice occupied this house duringhis term in the Senate, and was one of themost lavish of hosts. Senator Depew wasthe last occupant. At New York Avenue and 18th Street isthe famed Octagon House, now the prop-erty of an association of artists. This was the residence of Ogle Tayloe,who was reputed to be the wealthie
. Book of the Royal blue . *-*:^. THK KEY MANSION. OCTAGON HOUSE. plaint was carried to President Lincoln thatsome of the acts of the imperious Secretarywere illegal. He replied : Yes, that is so;Stanton does things I would not dare to do,but some one has to, and he is Brice occupied this house duringhis term in the Senate, and was one of themost lavish of hosts. Senator Depew wasthe last occupant. At New York Avenue and 18th Street isthe famed Octagon House, now the prop-erty of an association of artists. This was the residence of Ogle Tayloe,who was reputed to be the wealthiest manin the country. Owning thousandsof acres of land and hundreds ofslaves, by some his wealth was esti-mated at a million dollars, but fewbelieved it possible for one man tohave such an immense sum. Afterthe burning of the Executive Man-sion by the British in 1814, Presi-dent Madison was for a time theguest of Mr. Tayloe, and it washere that the treaty of peace withEngland was signed in 181,5. Someof the old slave quarters sti
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