Inside History of the White House: The Complete History of the Domestic and Official Life in Washington of the Nation's Presidents and Their Families

Excerpt from Inside History of the White House: The Complete History of the Domestic and Official Life in Washington of the Nation's Presidents and Their FamiliesWhite House, at Washington, as the official home of the President of the United States. President John Adams, having taken possession of the newly-built President's House in November of 1800, held a public reception on the first day of January following, and thus on New Year's Day of 1801 occurred the official housewarming of this now most historic and most important dwelling in the land of the patriots who fought for and won the privilege of erecting it as a home for their own independent ruler.On the fourth of March next, Theodore Roosevelt will bid farewell to the White House, and his successor will take his place within those walls as the twenty-seventh President of the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.