  | Mrs. Clay, of Alabama | Frontispiece | | | Facing Page | | | Mrs. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama | 26 | | | Adelina Patti, aged sixteen | 38 | | | Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia | 44 | | | Mrs. George E. Pugh (ThÉrÈse Chalfant), of Ohio. “The most beautiful woman in Washington” | 46 | | | Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, 1853–’57 | 60 | | | Mrs. William L. Marcy, of New York | 62 | | | Mrs. J. J. Crittenden, of Kentucky | 84 | | | Mrs. Chestnut, of South Carolina | 94 | | | Jenny Lind | 102 | | | James Buchanan, President of the United States, 1857–’61 | 108 | | | Miss Harriet Lane, mistress of the White House, 1857–’61 | 114 | | | Lady Napier and Her Sons | 116 | | | Mrs. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi | 134 | | | Lord Lyons, British Ambassador to the United States | 140 | | | Clement C. Clay, Jr., United States Senator, 1853–’61 | 148 | | | L. Q. C. Lamar, 1862 | 164 | | | Mrs. Philip Phillips, of Washington, D. C. | 166 | | | Senator James H. Hammond, of South Carolina | 212 | | | General Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama | 232 | | | Dr. Henry C. Vogell, Fortress Monroe, 1866 | 334 | | | Dr. George Cooper, Fortress Monroe, 1866 | 350 | | | Mrs. A. S. Parker, of Washington, D. C. | 368 | | | Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay, Jr. (after release from Fortress Monroe) | 374 |
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