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Virginia Clay-Clopton, 1825-1915
A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, Covering Social and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853-66.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905, c1904.

MRS. GEORGE E. PUGH (THÈRÉSE CHALFANT
of Ohio
"The most beautiful woman in Washington"

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Illustration

Subjects:
  • Pugh, Therese Chalfant.
  • Legislators' spouses--United States.
  • Portraits.
  • Women.
  • Dresses--1800-1900.
  • Cabinet officers' spouses--United States.