EAST ENTRANCE OF EXECUTIVE MANSION


PRESIDING LADIES
OF THE
WHITE HOUSE

CONTAINING

BIOGRAPHICAL APPRECIATIONS TOGETHERWITH A SHORT HISTORY OF THEEXECUTIVE MANSION AND ATREATISE ON ITS ETIQUETTE AND CUSTOMS

BY
LILA G. A. WOOLFALL

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MARGARET E. SANGSTER

ILLUSTRATED WITH SYMBOLICBORDERS AND REPRODUCTIONSIN PHOTOGRAVURE OF THEFIRST LADIES OF THE LAND

Published by
Bureau of National Literature and Art
Washington, D. C.

Transcriber’s Note: If you want to see the symbolic borders, you’ll needto look at the HTML version on the Project Gutenberg website.

Copyright, 1903, by
BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE AND ART


CONTENTS

Transcriber’s Note: Page numbers have been removed because there were so manyblank pages in the original book. Links go directly to the relevant chapter or section.

PAGE
Introduction13
Martha Washington19
Abigail Adams23
Martha Jefferson Randolph27
Dorothy Paine Madison31
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe35
Louisa Catherine Adams39
Rachel Donelson Jackson43
Angelica Van Buren47
Anna Symmes Harrison51
Letitia Christian Tyler55
Sarah Childress Polk59
Margaret Smith Taylor...

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