OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES; COMPRISING A SYNOPSIS OF THE LEADING POLITICAL ALSO A RECORD OF CONTEMPORANEOUS ENGLISH HISTORY. BY EDWARD & TILESTON. BOSTON: LEE & SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: LEE, SHEPARD, AND DILLINGHAM. *1871. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, BY EDWARD G. TILESTON, LL.B., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PREFACE. up a A FEW months ago, passing through the library of the Boston Athenæum, we picked "Handbook of the Administrations of Great Britain," written by Francis Culling Carr, Esq.; published by Smith, Elder, & Co., London. The thought at once occurred to us, that a Handbook of the Administrations of the United States would also be a valuable manual. This little volume is the result. Nothing elaborate is intended. It is simply a collection of familiar facts carefully grouped together in moments of leisure from business engagements, facts so classified and arranged as to be easily remembered, and readily referred to. Notwithstanding the limits of the work, we have given extended extracts from the inaugural and other addresses of the early Presidents; also leading incidents in contemporaneous English and French history, and official financial statements of the General Government. Although the Vice-President of the United States is not a member of the cabinet, and the Postmaster-General was not admitted until Jackson's time, we have thought best to give the names of these officers with those who actually belong to that body. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Superintendent of the Department of 'the Interior, Washington, for the facts in the Appendix, "Census 1870," which have been. kindly furnished in advance of the official publication. As it is not impossible that a new edition of this Handbook may be issued at the close of each administration, suggestions are respectfully requested for its improvement, and may be addressed to the Editor. BOSTON, March 4, 1871. |