. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . eside at the White House —An Arrow that Pierced Her Heart —He Enters the White House a Widower — Faithful to Her Memory —Children Born in the White House —The Story of a Baby Curl —Try Him in Irish, Jimmy — An Astonished Minister — The Wifeof President Van Buren —The Wife of President
. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . eside at the White House —An Arrow that Pierced Her Heart —He Enters the White House a Widower — Faithful to Her Memory —Children Born in the White House —The Story of a Baby Curl —Try Him in Irish, Jimmy — An Astonished Minister — The Wifeof President Van Buren —The Wife of President William HenryHarrison. JSTDREW JACKSON Avas the presidential suc-cessor of John Quincy Adams. His wife, whowas Mrs. Rachel Robards when Jackson firstmet her, was the daughter of Col. John Donel-son of Virginia, one of the pioneers of Tennessee,after whom was named Fort Donelson, capturedby General Grant the second year of the Civil War. never entered the Presidents house, for she hadpassed from earth before her husband became the ChiefMagistrate of the Nation. Yet it is doubtful if the wife ofany other President ever exerted so powerful* and positivean influence over an administration in life as did Mrs. Jack-son after death. Born and reared on the frontiers of eivili- (608). THE WOMAN WHO RULED ANDREW JACKSON. 60!i nation, her educational advantages had been but scanty, andshe never mastered more than the simplest rudiments ofknowledge. Yet, looking on her pictured face, it is easy tofathom and define the power which, through life andbeyond the grave, held in sweet abeyance the master-will ofher husband. It was a power purely womanly — the affec-tional force of a woman of exalted moral nature and deepaffections. It was impossible that such a woman should use-arts to win love, and equally impossible that she should notbe loved. Men would love her instinctively, through thebest and highest in their natures. Andrew Jackson, or Andy, as he was commo
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