Set in ancient Athens, the novel images many of the political concerns of nineteenth-century Boston. It depicts Pericles
(whom Eliza Lynn Linton
was to idealise a dozen years later in Amymone: A Romance...
Occupation
Fanny Kemble
Before the performance she was presented to Andrew Jackson
, who was about to be inaugurated as president for his second term in office.
Clinton, Catherine. Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Simon and Schuster, 2000.
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Timeline
17 December 1835: The late James Smithson's proposed £100,000...
Building item
17 December 1835
The late James Smithson
's proposed £100,000 gift to found the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington, DC, was made public in a message to Congress from President Andrew Jackson
.
Goode, G. Brown, editor. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896: The History of its First Half Century. Smithsonian Institution, 1897.
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Hafertepe, Kenneth. America’s Castle: The Evolution of the Smithsonian Building and Its Institution, 1840-1878. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984.
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Goode, G. Brown, editor. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896: The History of its First Half Century. Smithsonian Institution, 1897.
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Oehser, Paul H. Sons of Science: The Story of the Smithsonian Institution and its Leaders. Greenwood Press, 1968.
