Washington Wife; Journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xxiv, [2], 385, [5] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Ellen Maury Slayden (1860–1926) was born at the Maury family home, Piedmont, in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1860; she received her education from tutors at home. On June 12, 1883, she married James Luther Slayden, a merchant and rancher in San Antonio. Mrs. Slayden served for a time as society editor of the San Antonio Express. Upon her husband's election to Congress in 1896, they moved to Washington, where they maintained a residence for the next twenty-one years. She continued her writing, contributing to various magazines and newspapers, and was a tireless record keeper and diarist. Her notebooks with observations of the social and political life in Washington from 1897 to 1919 were left to her nephew F. Maury Maverick. There is a substantial amount of material on President Theodore Roosevelt. The left column of index page 379 has approximately three inches of page references and topics. More