Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 309
dwell on the procla-mation he was so soon to sign. At about three oclock in the afternoon,after full three hours of such greetings and handshakings, when his own hand was soweary it could scarcely hold a pen, the Presi-dent and perhaps a dozen friends went up tothe Executive Office, and there,… … IT WAS A MEAN TRICK OF THE FIREFLIES TO GO ON STRIKE THE VERY NIGHT OF THE KATYDIDS BALL.
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