Social life in the early republic . Impeded in their work by the cyclone, whichwas almost as destructive in its way as the torch ofthe invader, and alarmed by a rumor which spreadthrough the camp of the advance of Americantroops in large numbers, the British beat a hastyretreat from the city, leaving their dead unburiedand their wounded uncared for. It is only just to state that the vandalism ofGeneral Ross and Admiral Cockburn was bitterlydenounced by the leading English journals of theday, while in Parliament the buming of theAmerican Capitol was spoken of as a measurethat exasperated the pe
Social life in the early republic . Impeded in their work by the cyclone, whichwas almost as destructive in its way as the torch ofthe invader, and alarmed by a rumor which spreadthrough the camp of the advance of Americantroops in large numbers, the British beat a hastyretreat from the city, leaving their dead unburiedand their wounded uncared for. It is only just to state that the vandalism ofGeneral Ross and Admiral Cockburn was bitterlydenounced by the leading English journals of theday, while in Parliament the buming of theAmerican Capitol was spoken of as a measurethat exasperated the people without in the leastweakening the government. When the President and Mrs. Madison returnedto Washington, after an absence of forty-eighthours, they found their home a black and stillsmoking ruin. For some months the Madisonsoccupied the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cuttson F Street, from whence they removed to the Oc-tagon, which was placed at their disposal throughthe generous hospitality of its owner. Colonel JohnTayloe. 176. -1 aCO H 1 u IH ( 1s ^^B IW ^^1
Size: 1825px × 1369px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectwashing, bookyear1902
