Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Contents vii
4. I. How Moroccan Lions and Arabian Horses Annoyed Presidents 1
5. II. How Billiard Tables and Gold Spoons Became Campaign Issues 30
6. III. How Congress Got and Lost the French Royal Portraits 51
7. IV. How Americans were Arrested as Spies in London 72
8. V. What Was the Weather at Washington's Inauguration? 92
9. VI. How the Great Tub Plot Scared the Federalists 102
10. VII. How Jefferson's Death was Reported in the Campaign of 1800 127
11. VIII. How the President's Speech to Congress was Instituted and Abandoned 136
12. IX. How War with France Was Urged in 1803 159
13. X. Why the Battle of New Orleans Was not Painted 177
14. XI. How Politics Intruded on Washington's Centenary Celebration 192
15. XII. How Andrew Jackson Opposed a National Fast Day 221
16. NOTES 245
17. INDEX 267