Louisa by Louisa Thomas

Louisa by Louisa Thomas

Author:Louisa Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-03-21T11:11:28+00:00


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IT WAS HER CAMPAIGN for his presidency—and in some ways, the campaign really was hers more than it was his. Her entertainments made “our Congress less dependent on the foreign ministers for their amusement,” Louisa wrote in her diary. The unspoken implication was that they made Congress more dependent on the secretary of state.

While Congress was in session in 1819–20, Louisa began holding her “tea parties” every Tuesday evening, in addition to occasional large balls. She began a diary before that session with her take on Shakespeare’s famous lines:



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