OF

RECENT TIMES.

BY

JAMES PARTON,

AUTHOR OF

LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON, LIFE AND TIMES OF AARON BURR,

LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

ETC.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: Welch, BIGELOW, & Co.,

CAMBRIDGE.