The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Boarding-House Politics

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Series: New York Weekly v. 21 no. 25 — page 7
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Part of: New York Weekly, v. XXI, no. 25, May 10, 1866 (Issue)
Author: Carlysle, Ethel
Date: May 10, 1866
First Sentence: In the parlor of Mrs. Henderson's large boarding-house, No. - Chapel street, some six or eight gentlemen were congregated, discussing that all-important subject, the war, and comparing opinions as to the probabilities of Grant capturing Lee's army, while directly above, in No. 6, second floor, front, about the same number of lady boarders were assembled in a species of feminine military tribunal, to try one of their associates for the crime of high treason against the morals of the house-but, as is usual in such cases, the culprit was not present.

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