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
The trial in ejectment between Campbell Craig, lessee of James Annesley, Esq., and others, plaintiffs and the Right Honourable Richard, Earl of Anglesey, defendant : before the barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland : begun on Friday, November 11th, 1743 and continued by several adjournments to Friday, the 25th of the said month : containing, the evidence at large as delivered by the witnesses, with all the speeches and arguments of the judges and of the counsel
taken in short-hand by Mr. John Lodge, and corrected and revised by themselves ; published by the permission of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Bowes, the Hon. Mr. Baron Mountney [sic], and the Hon. Mr. Baron Dawson.
Printed for John Smith ... and Abraham Bradley ...,
Date of Publication
1744.
Physical Description
377, [3] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
" ... the plaintiff's title is brought to a single question, whether the lessor, Mr. James Annesley be the legitimate issue of Arthur, late Lord Altham ... ": p. 359.
xi, [1], 13-633 p. incl. plates, front., plates, ports.
Notes
Other editions published under titles, "Battle field and prison pen," "Through the war and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons."
Contents
Contents : The Overt Act of Treason and It's effect North and South --- Advance of the Grand Army From Washington and It's Defeat at Bull Run --- Departure of McClellan's Army For the Peninsula --- Advance of McDowell From Washington --- The Seven Days Fight On the Peninsula -- My First Capture --- Army of The Potomac and McClellan's Defence of The Capital --- Extravagant Errors, Halleck and Stanton In Control --- General Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania and The Battle of Gettysburg --- Northern Campaign, Confederate Authorities Desperate --- Battle of The Wilderness , Our Capture and Recapture --- Advance of Grant's Forces -- Andersonville --- Hanging of The Thieves --- Enlargement of Our Prison --- Andersonville In August --- Millen Prison --- Florence Prison --- St. John's Gollege Hospital
Summary
The author tells of his experiences in the Civil War, including time spent in Confederate prisons.
Chapters: INTRODUCTION - II. INCIDENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE - III. DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE - IV. DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE - V. DURING THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE - Vl. AFTER THE BATTLE - VII. HOME - VIII. CONCLUSION.
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.