2668. Margaret L. (O’neale) Timberlake Eaton, 1799?–1879

Mrs. Eaton’s autobiography, written in 1873, is a crude but vivid defense of her reputation and an account of her activities in Washington social and political life during the administration of Andrew Jackson. Queena Pollack’s biography Peggy Eaton, Democracy’s Mistress (New York, Minton, Balch, 1931) offers further material for the sociologist and political historian. An impressive account is Samuel Hopkins Adams’ fictional biography, The Gorgeous Hussy (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1934).

2669. The autobiography of Peggy Eaton. New York, Scribner, 1932. 216 p. 32–7318 E381.E15