Civilized America: Volume 1: Travel in America

Introduction; 1. The voyage; 2. First impressions; 3. Boston: Nahant; 4. Nahant; 5. National characteristics; 6. National characteristics continued; 7. The social system in New England; 8. Edward Everett; 9. My first visit to Washington; 10. Washington; 11. John Caldwell Calhoun; 12. American aristocracy; 13. Political ultras; 14. Daniel Webster; 15. Servants; 16. The law and its practice; 17. The Federal Union; 18. Political parties; 19. Party designs: presidential election; 20. Inauguration of President Harrison; 21. The north-eastern boundary question; 22. The north-eastern boundary question continued; 23. The north-eastern boundary question continued; Appendix.

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Laudatory and disparaging, detailed and usefully general, of political centers and societal margins, these volumes vividly illustrate antebellum America.