The Ladies of the White House – Laura Holloway – 1881 | First Edition, Illustrated

Laura C. Holloway

The ladies of the white house – laura holloway – 1881 | first edition, illustrated | <em>ladies of the white house </em>is a biographical history of u. S. Presidents’ wives, featuring character sketches and personal anecdotes from martha washington to lucretia garfield and celebrating the virtues of the first ladies.  

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Ladies of the White House is a biographical history of U.S. Presidents’ wives, featuring character sketches and personal anecdotes from Martha Washington to Lucretia Garfield and celebrating the virtues of the First Ladies.

 

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Laura Holloway’s The Ladies of the White House, published in 1881 by Bradley & Garretson in Philadelphia, documents the lives of American First Ladies from Martha Washington to Lucretia Garfield. With content that includes character sketches, domestic anecdotes, and personal correspondence, Holloway sought to familiarize 19th-century readers with the domestic and social influence of Presidents’ wives, with emphasis on their moral virtues and supportive roles as hostesses, advisors, and confidants to the Commander in Chief. Among historians and collectors, the work holds interest for its contribution to the perception of political spouses, especially within the context of postbellum American nationalism and admiration of traditional womanhood.

 

Bibliographic Details

  • Title: The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents: being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time, 1789–1881
  • Author: Laura C. Holloway
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: Bradley & Company
  • Edition: First edition, 1881
  • Binding: Full beveled leather
  • Format: Octavo (8vo), single volume
  • Size: ~ 9in x 6.25in (22.5 cm x 16 cm)
  • Collation: [4], xxxii, 11–607, [1]
  • Illustrations: 27 total, including frontispiece; 21 steel engravings, 6 woodcuts
  • Contents Include:
    • Only preserved letter from George Washington to Martha
    • Dorothy “Dolley” Madison saving the portrait of Washington
    • Harriet Lane, niece of President Buchanan, taking the role of First Lady
    • The ambition and resilience of Mary Todd Lincoln
    • History of the White House

 

Condition:

Very Good. The full leather binding remains secure, with light wear to extremities. Gilt decorations and titling is bright and clear. Pages are complete with moderate age-toning and some foxing throughout. All engravings are present and well-preserved.

 

Why Collect This?

  • Biographies of the First Ladies of the White House
  • 27 original engravings including steel-plate portraits
  • Collectible for Americana, presidential history, and gender studies

Item Number: #31162

 

Categories

Americana, American History

Law & Government

Authors

Laura C. Holloway

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Very Good

Collation

Complete

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